Share your anecdotes with us!

Twenty-five years is a long time. It's a quarter of a century. It's a big deal!

Video Pool is honoured to have stood this test of time and is pleased to have such a dynamic, colourful, and community-building history.

How long have you been a part of our history? What stories do you have to tell?

No matter how long you’ve been involved with Video Pool – 25 years, or 25 days – we’d love to read your experience, impressions, and thoughts concerning what helped Video Pool become what it is today, and how Video Pool has helped you.

Please take a moment to offer your anecdotes in the comment section of this blog entry. We’d love to start a conversation, and maybe share a few laughs, too!

You’re welcome to leave an anonymous comment, if you wish, but if you at least leave a code name and enter your email address, you can take advantage of the option to subscribe to this conversation. When someone posts after you, you’ll be notified by email, so you can come back and reply.

We’re looking forward to reading all the great information and story telling that we hope will take place here…

Thanks for helping us celebrate 25 wonderful years!

Pool Cue III

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a wonderful time at our Winter Member’s Screening, Pool Cue III! The program offered a truly diverse selection of work by local video makers and gave all in attendance a chance to discover what friends and colleagues have been up to this past year. The energy and enthusiasm evident throughout the evening was fantastic!

Special thanks are due to the King’s Head Pub, not only for providing us with great space within which to hold our event, but for treating us to gigantic trays of awesome appetizers, too!

Here are some pics from the night... If anyone has more, please do pass ‘em along!!































PS: As a reminder to anyone who shared a video: if you would like to have your work distributed by VP, please contact vpdist@videopool.org.

Join us at Pool Cue Three... Tomorrow Night!

Just a quick reminder...

It’s Pool Cue III!



This year’s screening will feature work by:

Thor Aitkenhead, Gwen Armstrong, Jake Chénier, Lancelot Coar and Paul Lukeman, Karen Cornelius, John Coutanche, Clint Enns, Elvira Finnegan, Rick Fisher and Don Rice, Susan P. Gibson, Val Klassen, Sandee Moore, Carole O’Brien, Heidi Phillips, Quidam, Lansing Bruce Roberston, Rachel Wells, and Cameron Woykin

We look forward to treating you to your first refreshment of the evening. Plus, extra treats will be served courtesy of the King's Head Pub!

We hope you’ll be able to join us!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
King’s Head Pub, 120 King Street, Winnipeg
Beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Art's Birthday 2008 is just one month and a little wee bit away!

VP's 25th Anniversary: Call for Anecdotes

It's Video Pool Media Art Centre's 25th Anniversary, and we're thinking back on the great times we've had together...

Dear Members,

2008 marks 25 years since Video Pool Media Arts Centre came into being. As part of a month-long celebration that involves the commission of six intriguing new media art projects, we are creating a commemorative poster, and we invite all of you to contribute.

In point form, tell us something you remember about Video Pool that stands out in your mind as being an important part of it's history or your history as a member.

• Did Video Pool resources help make it possible for you to finish work for a significant screening or exhibition?
• Do you remember the day an exciting new piece of equipment was taken out of its box and plugged in?
• Do you have fond memories about a particular exhibition, screening, lecture, or party?

Your contributions will be assembled into a creative, organic, unofficial, speculative, events-oriented, and of course, anecdotal picture of Video Pool's quarter century.

Please send in your memories and ideas to Milena Placentile, Programming Coordinator via e-mail: vpprogramming [at] videopool [dot] org.

The deadline for participation is January 11, 2008.

We appreciate the time taken to submit an anecdote, story, or interesting fact and we will aim to include as many as possible. Please note that it may be necessary for us to edit submissions for length.

Thank you in advance; we look forward to your contributions!

It's Pool Cue III!

As another great year draws to a close, Video Pool is eager to gather with friends and neighbors to share in a good time and to look back on an exciting year of video productions by our members.



We welcome you to join us for our Winter Member’s Screening,
Pool Cue Three!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
King’s Head Pub, 120 King Street, Winnipeg
Beginning at 8:00 p.m.

This year’s screening will feature work by:

Thor Aitkenhead, Gwen Armstrong, Jake Chénier, Lancelot Coar and Paul Lukeman, Karen Cornelius, John Coutanche, Clint Enns, Elvira Finnegan, Rick Fisher and Don Rice, Susan P. Gibson, Val Klassen, Sandee Moore, Carole O’Brien, Heidi Phillips, Quidam, Lansing Bruce Roberston, Rachel Wells, and Cameron Woykin

We hope you’ll be able to join us and we look forward to treating you to your first refreshment of the evening!

All the best,
Milena

Call for Submissions: Video Pool’s Winter 2007 Members’ Screening

It's Pool Cue III!

Deadline: December 1, 2007

Video Pool is seeking submissions of new single-channel videos produced by Video Pool members to be included in a members’ screening at the King's Head Pub on December 12, 2007.

Submissions will not be juried; however the screening will be limited to 90 mins, and places will be reserved for Video Pool fund recipients from the past year. Works that are not included in this screening, will be bumped to the top of the list for Video Pool’s next members’ screening in August 2008.

As a non-juried members’ screening, artist fees will not be paid. Video Pool reserves the right to not screen work deemed to be offensive (i.e.: overtly racist, sexist, homophobic or hateful).

Submission requirements:
***** Works must have been completed after January 1, 2007
***** Videos submitted should be no longer than 10 minutes
***** Videos must be submitted on MiniDV or BetaSP
***** Submissions must be produced by Video Pool members
***** One submission per member


Inquiries may be directed to:
Milena Placentile, Programming Coordinator
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
204.949.9134 x 1 /// vpprogramming@videopool.org


Please submit your videos to:
Winter 2007 Members’ Screening
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
c/o Technical Department Office
#300 – 100 Arthur St.
Winnipeg MB R3B 1H3