Vtape is Canada’s leading artist-run, not-for-profit distributor of video art. Representing more than 1,100 artists and over 6,700 titles, Vtape’s diverse collection includes works from the beginnings of video art to the present.

Vtape is a vibrant distribution organization that represents an international collection of contemporary and historical video art, documentaries, and installations. We make this collection accessible to curators and programmers, educators, scholars, and public audiences worldwide.

Profile: Vtape - Studio 452 by Urban Space staff. 401 Richmond Newsletter, 1999.

Vtape’s administrative, creative and technical employees are some of this country’s most knowledgeable in the field of distribution. Vtape staff are practicing artists, bringing with them personal experience in the areas of technology, production, …

A shared-space initiative of Vtape and four other non-profit arts organizations, The Commons @ 401 benefits each organization with appropriate office space and shared spaces for public presentations, workshops and meetings, receptions, and research.

Dana Claxton is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist working in video, film, performance art, installations, and photography. The Dreaming is a survey of her video works, which deal with anti-colonialist tactics and Lakota mysticism, ideologies, and aesthetics, mixed with her personal observations of our contemporary culture.

Mike MacDonald (1941 - July 17, 2006). Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Mike MacDonald was a self-taught artist, videographer and gardener of Mi’kmaw, Beothuk, Scottish, Irish and Portuguese descent. Mike drove across Canada every year working as a video installation artist and gardener in addition to pursuing photography and new media projects. Self …

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.

Since the beginning of its distribution activity, under the continued leadership of Steele and Tomczak, Vtape has passed a number of milestones: 1989 – Vtape collaborates with Chicago-based Video Data Bank to distribute the three-part series Video Against AIDS

This carefully curated program brings together nine works from their respective collections, created by eleven emerging artists. Through this joint initiative, Vidéographe and Vtape aim to highlight and continue their longstanding collaboration.