DEATH BY VHS: New Cinematic Discoveries from Winnipeg, Manitoba

Curated by Clint Enns and Leslie Supnet

A long, rich history of lo-budget inventiveness is woven into the civic consciousness of Winnipeg, Manitoba, the birthplace of K-Tel, Hunky Bill’s Perogie Maker, and the Green Garbage Bag. Countless Winnipeg artists have utilized the same Do-It-Yourself spirit in their practice, speaking to tradition as well as environmental necessity. Enriched with strange humour, hand-crafted experimentation and lo-fi/high-tec conundrums, the films and videos in this program are testaments to an aesthetic movement that is wholeheartedly Winnipeg's own.

We are proud to present films from our beloved bargain-hungry municipality.

In the program: VHS, Hi-8, Super-8 and 16mm films and videos by Jaimz Asmundson, Clint Enns, Damien Ferland, Walter Forsberg, Simon Hughes, Mike Maryniuk & Matthew Rankin, Divya Mehra, Andrew Milne, Sandee Moore, Darryl Nepinak, Robert Pasternak, Hope Peterson, Heidi Phillips, Leslie Supnet, and Gwen Trutnau.