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 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 452 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 416.351.1317 416.351.1509 Wanda Vanderstoop wandav@vtape.org Erik Martinson info@vtape.org Kim Tomczak kimt@vtape.org Lisa Steele lisas@vtape.org Deirdre Logue deirdrel@vtape.org Mark Pellegrino tech@vtape.org Liz Knox projects@vtape.org general inquiries info@vtape.org Submission Information Staff Resources History Board Credits |
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Vtape accepts submissions for possible distribution on an on-going basis. Please send a DVD ntsc or pal, tape description, brief biography, list of screenings and your contact information. Please Note: Material should be shipped in bubble envelopes only (NO FIBRE FILL) and labeled on the outside of the envelope with the following phrase: DOCUMENTATION OF ARTIST'S WORK FOR CULTURAL/PREVIEW ONLY. 0.00 Value Unsolicited material will not be returned. Please do not send master copies of your work. If accepted for distribution, the artist will be contacted to complete a contract and tape description sheet. Vtape also requires a mini dv ntsc or pal and a betacam ntsc submaster. Following this, further materials will be required such as video stills and a press kit.
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Vtape Staff |
Kim Tomczak Restoration & Collections Management Director / Founder Video artist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto Wanda Vanderstoop Distribution Director Musician and song writer with Mad Love Lisa Steele Creative Director / Founder Artist, writer and professor at the University of Toronto Deirdre Logue Development Director Film/Videomaker Erik Martinson Administrative Assistant Videomaker Mark Pellegrino Technical Assistant New Media artist Liz Knox Intern Coordinator Video and photo artist
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History of Organization: |
Founded in 1980, V tape is an international distribution, exhibition and resource centre with an emphasis on the contemporary media arts. As a centre for over 900 artists artists, V tape carries over 5,000 titles. V tape's in-office facilities include several study carrels for viewing and an extensive library of print materials available to the general public as well as to students, curators and researchers. In 1994, V tape began a working partnership with the Aboriginal Film & Video Art Alliance (Ontario) to encourage distribution of Aboriginally produced film and video publishing a second edition of the catalogue, imagineNative, in 1998. Outreach workshops are regularly conducted throughout Ontario to increase awareness of Aboriginally produced media. Aboriginal media arts partnership projects: Since 1994, V tape has maintained active partnerships with important organizations serving Aboriginal media artists; first with AFVAA (Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance, Ontario) and most recently with CAM (Centre For Aboriginal Media). V tape's Aboriginal Outreach coordinator Cynthia Lickers has undertaken special promotional activities including: oimagineNATIVE: the television series. The second 13-week series drawn partially from V tape titles and produced by Cynthia Lickers, began broadcast December 2000, on APTN's national service. imagineNATIVE: Aboriginal Media Arts Festival. September 9-12, 2000. This important media arts festival was a rousing success. With participation from international and Canadian artists, directors, multimedia designers, writers, distributors, broadcasters and academics, the festival took advantage of its coincidence with the Toronto International Film Festival to organize two panels sponsored by TIFF as part of the Rogers Industry Centre events. The screenings, panels and informal meetings culminated with an awards ceremony attended by over 250 people. In 1997, V tape published the New Media Guide, a catalogue of artists' CD-ROM's, WWWeb sites, audio installations and other artworks using new technologies. Since relocating to a larger and more publicly accessible office in May 1995, V tape has begun to emphasize the exhibition of video and media art. In addition to regular on-site exhibitions of artists' works (premieres, visiting artist presentations, etc.), we are working on two major exhibitions: "Ecstatic Memory" (January 1999-March 2000) will feature programmes by five curators at the Art Gallery of Ontario; a second, "Possible Maps" (February - March 1999), features programmes by three curators. V tape also provides exhibition support to galleries, curators and individual artists including dubbing and restoration services and affordable exhibition equipment.
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Vtape Board of Directors: |
John Greyson President, August 1985 – present Artist, video and filmmaker, writer Toronto John Greyson is a prolific video artist, filmmaker and writer whose work has been screened in numerous international festivals and venues. He has taught at the California institute of the Arts in Valencia and at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto. He won the National Film Board's award in 1991 at the Toronto Festival of Festivals for his short film entitled Making of Monsters. His 1996 film, Lilies, won a 1996 Genie Award for Best Motion picture. He co-edited the critical anthology Queer Looks (Routledge 1993). John has been on the Vtape Board since August 1985. Nelson Henricks Secretary, May 1998 – present Video artist, filmmaker; curator, writer Montreal Nelson Henricks is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art (1986). He moved to Montréal in 1991, where he received a BFA from Concordia University (1994). A musician, writer, curator and artist, Henricks is best known for his videotapes, which have been exhibited worldwide. He has taught at Concordia, UQAM (Montreal) and McGill University. Nelson joined the Vtape Board in May 1998. Lisa Steele Treasurer, October 1989 – present Artist, Teacher – University of Toronto Toronto Lisa Steele’s work in video has been exhibited widely since 1972. She has worked exclusively in collaboration with Kim Tomczak since 1983, producing videotapes, performances and photo/text works. Their collaborative work has received numerous awards, including the Bell Canada Award for Excellence in Video Art and a Toronto Arts Award in Media Arts. Steele taught at the Ontario College of Art & Design from 1981-2002; she is currently at the University of Toronto. She joined the V tape Board in October 1989. Richard Fung, December 2001 – present Video artist, writer, academic Toronto Richard Fung is a Toronto-based videomaker and writer. He has lectured and taught across North America and is the recipient of many awards, including Rockefeller and McKnight Foundation fellowships, The 2000 Margo Bindhardt Award and most recently The Bell Canada award for excellence in media arts and a Toronto Arts Award in 2001. Richard is the Coordinator at the Centre for Media and Culture in Education, OISE/University of Toronto. He has been on the Vtape Board since December 2001. Anne Golden, March 2004 – present Video artist, writer, curator Montreal Anne Golden has been involved in the curation, distribution and production of independent video and film since 1985. She studied film at Concordia University. She has been a film and video programmer for The Montreal International Festival of Films and Videos by Women and for Image + Nation Gaie et Lesbienne. Golden is co-director of Groupe Intervention Video, an artist-run distribution centre for videos directed by women. She is an independent curator and writer whose most recent programs include Foregroundings (herland 1999), Springboards (Out on Screen, 1999) and Horizontal Holds / Vertical Views: Recent Canadian Art Video (Musée du Québec, 2001). Golden has been making videos since 1991. Her work includes Les autres (1991), Fat Chance (1994), Big Girl Town (1998), Brothers (1998) and Tourism (1999). As part of the Lock Up Your Daughters collective, Golden participated in a website project, Fantasmagoria, designed by Carla Wolf. She has recently completed the tapes Site (2002) and Somme (2004). Dana Inkster, December 1999 – present Film and video maker Montreal Dana Inkster is a Montreal-based filmmaker. She studied Political Studies and Film Studies at Queen's University and went on to do her graduate work in Commmuncations at Concordia University. Dana’s video work was featured in the Canadian Race Relations Foundation anti-racism campaign in 1999 and she has been profiled in both Elm Street Magazine (fall 2000) and Maclean’s Magazine, (January 1, 2000) as a Face of the Future. Dana has been on the Vtape Board since December 1999. Jason Ryle, September 2006 – present Based in Toronto, Jason Ryle's "Head Case" is his first short video. A writer, researcher, and award-winning freelance journalist, Jason has worked for various Native organisations in Canada, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and Indian Country Today, the United States' largest Native newspaper. He currently serves as the chair of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and sits on the board of the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre. Orla La-Wayne Garriques, January 2004 – present Curator / Programmer, Festivals and Exhibitions Toronto Orla Garriques is a Toronto-based Programmer and Curator. Orla has worked as Program Coordinator for the Toronto International Film Festival, Planet Africa Section (200 + 2001), is a Programmer for the Reel World Film Festival (2002-2004) and most recently, Project Coordinator on Vtape’s Re:fresh Series. She has also curated numerous visual arts exhibitions and was the Founder of Fashion Cares ‘Art For Life’ Silent Auction which she Chaired from 1999-2001. Orla is currently the Membership/Development Coordinator at Trinity Square Video in Toronto.
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V tape receives on-going support from The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. Special funding for the design and implementation of this web site was provided by the Cultural Human Resources Council (Youth Internship Program) V tape logo design: Greenstreet Design Web site design, consultation & production: Martha Newbigging, Flip Pix Studios Programming consultation: Digital Forest
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