Discover what’s new at Vtape! These works have been acquired for distribution by Vtape within the past six months. New acquisitions can include older works that have recently been brought into distribution.
Image credit: Don’t You Like the Green of A?, by Nelson Henricks (2025)
In Video Traction is a single-channel video by Clive Robertson that was shot on a set in the Grand Luxe Hall designed to simulate a hospital room and waiting area. The video combines performance documentation with a dialogue staged between Robertson and Hank Bull. The video, subtitled “Act 1: The Encoding and Decoding… ⊕
This film methodically illuminates a ghostly cityscape at night, frozen in time; a transformative reflection of the world during COVID. The film, produced during the COVID lockdown, is a steady, gradual exploration of a miniature landscape. The diorama suggests a reflection on identity and community – a fractured series… ⊕
This animation is about the symbiotic relationship humans have with earth and about a mother’s journey to seek justice for her child. The big foot tramples on a baby flower before it has the chance to flourish. Her mother journeys through the roots of the earth and sprouts into various forms of life as she tries to cling… ⊕
Justice (After Margaret Dragu) was first curated by the 7a-11d International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto in 2016. This video is documentation from that live performance. Justice is an homage not only to those of us who seek freedom from arcane systems of abusive power, but also to artist Margaret Dragu and her… ⊕
Can you die of a broken heart? Kardia is the story of Hope (Mimi Kuzyk) a pathologist who embarks on an unusual journey of reconciliation. Her story begins in the brief instant that her heart stops. With a photograph as her only artifact she sets out to unravel the mystery that surrounds her early life. The film weaves… ⊕