New-Zealand-Canadian composer Juliet Palmer is known as a “post-modernist with a conscience” (The Listener) whose work “crosses so many genres as to be in a category of its own” (Toronto Star). Based in Toronto since 1997, Juliet was Artist-in-Residence at … Read more
January to October 2020 This residency was developed to offer a mid-career or established Indigenous artist the opportunity to expand their practice and to experiment with the latest video technologies in the creation of a new short video work. This … Read more
Charles Street Video is proud to present the participants of our first Media Art Creation Grant. CSV is proud to launch this pilot project in an effort to support our member media art practices. We are pleased to announce our … Read more
A 360° Video Projection Cylinder is a modern variation on an ancient form of presentation, the cyclorama, which began with paintings that completely surrounded the viewer, then photographs and now video. 360° VPCs are an alternative to VR headsets. A … Read more
SNAP! Film Program is led by Keisha James in partnership with VIBE Arts. Six to eight marginalized youth will undergo a four-week program covering basic DSLR and lighting equipment use, scriptwriting/storyboarding, and editing. These sessions will take place at Charles … Read more
Stop Making Sense / Sense Making, a collaboration between SKETCH, CFMDC and Charles Street Video, is a 10 week workshop series for youth on the margins to interact with film, media, and technology and create works to be exhibited in … Read more
The Colour Theory Shorts Night is an event that has one purpose: to celebrate the work of queer/trans BIPOC filmmakers in an unintimidating, non-industry, non-film festival environment. This year, CSV is partnering with the collective, providing in kind classroom rental … Read more
A newly formed group that will meet once a month to create a space for QTBIPOC filmmakers to feel safe enough to share about screenwriting works, practices, and give each other deadlines and feedback. This group will be using the … Read more
The Smiling Room is an interactive and immersive community engaged media art installation exploring the interplay and politics of Queer Happiness, Resistance and Struggle within the intersections of Toronto’s dynamic LGBTQ2SIA communities.What’s in a Queer smile? Joy, desire, anxiety, disdain, … Read more
Soundtography is a collaborative artistic project using sound imprints to map out the migration and displacement journey of a group of Toronto based artists who self-identify as women, through a series of 10 collaborative, reflective and meditative workshops. Charles Street … Read more