New Releases consists of the latest acquisitions to the VDB collections, be they contemporary works by artists, titles that are newly-preserved or edited that are now being made available to audiences, or recently released DVD Box Sets or compilations.

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Martine Syms

This is a Studio

2023 | 00:02:10

This Is A Studio uses surveillance footage that captures a late-night police visit. This document raises questions about home, belonging, and systems of power.

Martine Syms

DED

2021 | 00:15:35

An avatar, created through a 3D scan of Syms, navigates a plain and vast virtual landscape, the perspective sometimes floating above, sometimes alongside, as she progresses through a…

...the Chinatown of the mind.

...just what it says, it's about the street. 

THE COUCH CHRONICLES, are ruminations on place, the times, and the general question of what's on one's mind that's worth mentioning to others

THE COUCH…

...my Americana, 2023

...after the war.

Created with artist Jolie Ruelle. 

What is an AI’s understanding of human rights? For this project, AI was used to generate images based on the 30 universal human rights as defined by…

Ezra Wube

Possible World

2021 | 00:03:15

Created and commissioned for Little Sun, Fast Forward short film series exploring a sustainable world. For this project over 100 interviews were conducted in five destinations throughout…

Inspired by an unaccomplished personal project, in this animation, I’m exploring ideas of intention, extension, and failed romanticism. I used images and texts from mass-produced postcards,…

Ezra Wube

Hidirtina (Sisters)

2018 | 00:09:14

Hidirtina (Sisters) is based on a mythology from Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It is part of a larger story collection project that began in 2004. Folklorist Alan Dundes describes…

"Despite the didactic promise of its title, Carl Elsaesser’s new film will not teach you how to complete this obscure action. The phrase itself, at once ridiculous and noble, is pleasure…