Hotseat: Works from the Vtape catalogue - April 18

Name: Hotseat: Works from the Vtape catalogue - April 18
Released: 2026-04-18
Duration: 2 h 10 min

Hotseat is a screening series of experimental video work from the legendary Vtape catalogue. Sessions were prepared by curators from Queen’s Screen Cultures & Curatorial Studies program. The series is supported by Queen’s Film & Media, Vtape, The Cinema Society of Kingston and the Besides the Screen network. This is the Saturday April 18 at 4pm program. See also the second program: <a href="https://www.screeningroomkingston.com/movie/hotseat-works-from-the-vtape-catalogue---april-19"> Hotseat: Works from the Vtape catalogue - Sunday April 19 at 4pm</a>. April 18th programming: "ICU (Image Care Unit)" (curated by Habibi Wang): Audience-patient. Patient-non-human. Video-treatment. Image-pharmakon. Sound-intervention. Artist-pharmacist. Curator-doctor. Cinema-clinic. Screening-prescription. Featuring works by Barry Doupé, Andrew J. Paterson, Jesi Jordan, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Rachel Echenberg, Paul Wong, and Jennifer Chan. "Non-standard munitions package (improvised cyclic fire)" (curated by Andrei Pora): This collection of works is a reconnaissance of American warmongering conducted by elite units known as video artists. They provide a study of how the technes of surveillance, kinetic engagement, and image management deployed abroad can themselves be repurposed in closer locales. Whether it’s the divide of the Iron Curtain or the 49th Parallel, the works trace a brief emotional history of Canadian complicity in the Cold War and the Forever War, finishing with an excavation of how direct action can be remediated and diffused through televisual instruments. Featuring works by Stephen Andrews, Susan Britton, Benny Nemer, and Cornelia Wyngaarden.PT2H10MNot Rated2026-04-18Hotseat: Works from the Vtape catalogue - April 18"Hotseat: Works from the Vtape catalogue - April 18"

Showtimes

April 18, 4:00 pm