Mediatheque

Mediatheque is an innovative project aimed at building an online exhibition space for media arts.  You may browse over 100 independent films and videos from across Canada below in live-streaming format. If you wish to submit a video to be added to the Mediatheque, please click the submit button.

Title Artist Original Media Year Produced
Nail Polish Yvon Villarceau

The first of the fictional "Vovo Kingdom" series of therapeutic videos in which Dr. Dotolulu suggests trancendental ways to get over the breakup of a love affair, while still remaining friends.

1993
Névé Andree Prefontaine

J'ai choisi de traiter des rituels qui ponctuent l'inéluctable quotidien.

VHS 1998
Next! Fortunée Shugar

A group of unsuspecting cartoon characters audition for a role in "Urban Jungle".

DV 2002
Nice Shoes Faggot Carl Stewart

Altering between black and white, past and present, dreaming and waking, "Nice Shoes Faggot" is an eerie and evocative exploration of homophobic violence and its psychological effects.

Super 8 1996
Night of the Celibate Tony Asimakopoulos

A self-styled monk and his cohort - The Celibate and The Sister - lead a meditation group for a handful of lost people who are having trouble making sense of their mysterious, fragmented, and contr

Betacam 2000
Night Songs Brett Kelly

A woman is being pursued by a vampire, or is she? Statement: A dark meeting of video and music.

Hi8 1999
None of the Above Party Marc Adornato

A propaganda video that protests against baby boomers.

DV 2001
Nora Caroline Langill

Intra-uterine images of a fetus alternate with close-ups of an infant sucking her mother’s breast in a simple video whose unique strength lies in its daring to venture into socially-repressed, bare

1997
Not Torn (Asunder from the Very Start) Steve Reinke

If I say I dreamt these images and then found them in the archive, it is because I already had the images in my head, but not as memories.

MiniDV 2010
Ode to Alex Bag Marc Adornato

While mocking Alex Bag, this video explores space, time, and the universe, through immature, naive, childish, and ignorant methods. Similar to Alex Bag.

DV 2001
On the Bowery Anthony Seck

After World War III, 4 musicians get together and decide to sit on the tops of buildings to jam. Deirdre Smith sings along from Vintage war poster art.

Betacam 2001
Opération: Lait Jean Rene

A secret spy cat is planning a mission on her master.

VHS 2002
Oral Currency John Boehme

This performance/installation was comprised of an entire loan office including custom designed loan application withdrawal and deposit slips, business cards, and pens, all of which reify Language o

2002
Painting with Light Lois Siegel

"Painting with Light" consists of images produced by moving light. Techniques include refilming slides in an animation fashion. Original slides are time exposure images of colour filtered light.

16mm 1974
Pancake on a Hot Tin Roof Lois Siegel

Dick Tracy move over. Joe Private is on the scene. "Pancake on a Hot Tin Roof" is a detective spoof focusing on Joe Private as the detective who does everything wrong.

16mm 1990
Paralysis Lois Siegel

"Paralysis" is a computer film created by directly filming the images produced on an oscilloscope, which has been attached to a computer(s).

16mm 1972
Peaceful Pictures of the World Nena Toth 16mm 1993
Pieces of Her Become You Marika Jemma

A lyrical rendering of a ‘Day in the Life’ of a lesbian couple & their cats.

VHS 1996
Plastic Dreams Lois Siegel

Through the use of pixilation, this zany film introduces strange characters and happenings.

16mm 1988
Plug Monique Moumblow

The walls are thin. A young girl plays with plugs. A woman puts her ear next to an electrical socket. Are plugs the portals to another world, or at least to the next apartment?

Betacam 1997
Popsicles Gloria Camiruaga

Video art using the signs and symbols which make up my existence. In this tape, the space, symbols, and the historical context in which I live as a woman on this side of the continent interact.

¾" 1984
POW: Drugs #1 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #2 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #3 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #4 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #5 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #6 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
Rebirth Marc Adornato

Shot, edited, and produced within 24 hours, this short segment, conceived by David Wilkinson and co-written/directed by Adornato, features Adornato's performance characters, Mabus and Sirus.

DV 2002
Recipe to Cook a Clown Lois Siegel

"Recipe to Cook a Clown" involves one character who enters a city and meets bizarre people: a deaf-mute boy, a solicitous young man, and a somewhat neurotic young lady.

16mm 1978
Red Bull Marc Adornato

Marc, Dave, and Matt got all dosed up on American Red Bull energy drinks, and moved some furniture.

DV 2002
Regan Sees Red Ramona Macdonald

Experimental political satire.

16mm 1980
Remix: Affirmative Chris Anderson

A one hour episode of CBC's "The National" remixed.

VHS 2002
Remix: Knee-Jerk Religion Riley Rempel

Remixing one hour of CBC's "The National".

VHS 2002
Remix: Opening Véronique Couillard

Everything is familiar, nothing is at the right speed.

DV 2002
Remix: POW Neill Petersen

Description: With clips from an episode of "The National" on CBC, I made a short 'video collage'. Did you know that I tied for third place in the event with Riley Rempel? Yup - it's true.

VHS 2002
Reserve Dogs Joseph Dandurand 1994
Resonance Dino Koutras

An individual's journey through the cold urban landscape armed only with some cigarettes and a camera. Statement: I love making movies. I love film noir. This is an example of my two loves.

16mm 1996
Ride Home Ryan Stec

Almost totally devoid of people, this piece focuses on the methods of transport which move us through our urban environments.

Hi8 1998
Riley's Outreach Ranch Riley Rempel

Description: Stuck with an excess of fame and money, pop star Riley Rempel attempts to diminish her feelings of guilt by opening a ranch for underpriviliged children. Hilarity ensures.

DV 2002
Ring of Vision Claudia Jurt

A doorway to the past is opened when the ring of vision is found. A group of friends use the magic ring to search for the reason behind Aunt Chloe's deep depression.

DV 2003
Robot Sapien Jean Rene

Artistic video of robotic life: A women buys a male robot for domestic work.

2002
Sailor's Warning Mike Wert

This is a one-hour documentary exploring the little-known history of Long Point on Lake Erie. Over the last 200 years, Long Point alone has claimed over 163 shipwrecks.

DV 2001
Sandspit to Dildo Chris Mullington

Shot on Video 8, the first small format video documentary aired on CBC Television (1989).

¾" 1989
Scale Sean Butler

Johnass sets out to conquer the mountain, but, when he gets to the top, realizes it is only a big anthill.

Betacam 2002
Shafig Madi Mohammed

Mahamme Shafig, an exiled writer from Morocco, has never given an interview in his life. I got to him through his sons in his home in Belgium.

DV 2002
Shared Visions Liisa Rissanen

Features two female painters and their paintings. Artists Susan Feindel and Joyce Devlin.

1981
Shock and Awe Don Monet

The start of the war in Iraq - "Shock and Awe" is Rumsfeld’s metaphor - we watch from televisions in the snow; in the spaces through our windows, you can see the changes in light and texture on the

Super 8 2003
Shopping Melina Young

Music: Doris Au, Techno Step, Techno Brat. Statement: Tranquillity of the suburbs silences those who don't fit in.

Hi8 1996
Shore Lines Dan Sokolowski

Three sculptures interact through composition and editing.

16mm 1994
Sky Light Dan Sokolowski

Real clouds become tactile animations.

16mm 1998