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Al Tkatch of AHA MEDIA and Rockafellas plays at Grand Union in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) on Welfare Wednesday Sept 23, 2009
April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA went to the Grand Union Bar in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) to see Al Tkatch of AHA MEDIA play live music with Sean Michaels in their duo Rockafellas on Welfare Wednesday September 23, 2009
http://www.RockafellasDuo.wordpress.com
The bar was very lively with happy folks who danced the night away in Vancouver Downtown Eastside’s only live music venue with no cover, very cheap drinks , Great Staff -7 nights a week!
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Below is a photo of Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA enjoying the music played by Al Tkatch
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Below is a photo of Al Tkatch of both AHA MEDIA and Rockafellas during a solo
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In this video, Al Tkatch of Rockafellas sings Jumping Jack at Grand Union in Vancouver on Welfare Wednesday September 23, 2009
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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In this video, Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch of Rockafellas sing Tush by ZZ Top at Grand Union in Vancouver on Welfare Wednesday September 23, 2009
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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In this video, Al Tkatch of Rockafellas sings Pride and Joy at Grand Union Bar in Vancouver on Welfare Wednesday September 23, 2009
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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Below is a photo of Al Tkatch and Hendrik Beune together after Al playing a set on stage
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Below is a photo of Al Tkatch, Hendrik Beune and April Smith – Co-Founders of AHA MEDIA, making the letters A H A with their fingers in front of the Grand Unionon Welfare Wednesday in Vancouver Downtown Eastside 🙂
AHA MEDIA love producing mobile media and doing community engagements with handheld technology 🙂
AHA MEDIA filmed at the Fight HST Rally at Canada Place in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA was invited to go and film at the http://www.FightHst.com Rally on Saturday, Sept 18, 2009 at Canada Place. An estimated 5,000 people showed up to support the cause!
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Speakers included
Tom Shields – M.C. (Former Mayor of Osoyoos)
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Bill Vander Zalm – Host (Former BC Premier)
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Carole James – Leader of the Official Opposition
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Bill Tieleman – No BC HST Facebook Creator / 24 Hours columnist.
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Below is a photo of April Smith of AHA MEDIA with Ellen Woodsworth, Deputy Mayor of Vancouver who gave a rousing speech!
AHA MEDIA wishes to thank Rainer Schmoll of http://www.thinkreferrals.com, Event organizer for the invitation to come and film at the Fight HST rally.
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Below is a twitter update from Lorraine Murphy http://www.raincoaster.com
raincoaster Congrats to @AHAMedia, who made the news on all major networks for their coverage at the anti-HST rally
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Please see http://www.FightHST.com for videos and photos of the rally!
April Smith and Peter Davies are very excited to perform live at Vision Division show at 118 W.Hastings on Saturday Sept 18, 8-10pm
April Smith and Peter Davies recently participated in the Vision Division VJ residency to learn how to remix and repurpose videos and photos with Isadora sotwareinto a live cinematic performance! We are very glad to give a creative and technological spin to our videos we shoot! 🙂
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W2 invites you to VISION DIVISION: Live Cinema with live video mixing, music, and community on Saturday night at W2’s former Launch Pad space across from Woodward’s.
Experience video performances by young local media artists just wrapping up a 4-day video remixing and creation residency with Mia Makela.
Mia is a Finish media artist based in Berlin, and recently spent eight years living in Barcelona.
Saturday night’s free performances takes place in a temporary W2 space at 118 West Hastings, and runs 8-10pm.
The party will bring together good people, cheap bevvies, and a mid-evening celebration in advance of the NFF Saturday night dub event!
VISION DIVISION is copresented with New Forms Festival (September 18-19), with thanks to the Western Front.
Artist-in-residence: Mia Makela (Finland/Berlin)
Participants: April Smith, Peter Davies, Marika Swan, Dustin Rivers, Danielle Sipple.
W2 Mentor: Kris Krug.
Associate Technical Director: Steven Tong.
Executive Director: Irwin Oostindie.
Administrative Director: Lianne Payne.
Volunteer Coordinator: Maddy Kipling.
Follow W2 on Twitter: @W2Woodwards
BCCLA and Pivot Legal announce Olympic legal observer program
BCCLA and Pivot Legal announce Olympic legal observer program
http://bccla.org/pressreleases/09legal_observer.html
The BC Civil Liberties Association, in partnership with the Pivot Legal Society, will be announcing a coordinated Olympic legal observer program, including training dates and locations, at a press conference tomorrow morning.
At the announcement, individuals will be modelling the Olympic Legal Observer uniform with video equipment, still cameras and notebooks in front of G.M. Place.
Representatives from the BCCLA and Pivot will be present to answer questions about the program and its purposes.
The site of the press conference is near the location of the site of the Hockey Canada pavilion during the Olympic Games in 2010, as well as several homeless squats underneath the Georgia Street Viaduct.
The Integrated Security Unit has announced that homeless Vancouverites will be displaced from this area during the Games.
The BCCLA will also be providing highlights at the press conference from several recent FOI requests that raise concerns about free speech both in and outside Olympic venues (full copies of the documents will be made available online following the press conference).
When: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Time:
10:00 AM Where: Near the intersection of Carrall Street and Pacific Boulevard
AHA MEDIA is very proud to welcome VISION DIVISION VJ residency of New Forms Festival, hosted at W2 Community Media Arts
AHA MEDIA is very proud to welcome the VISION DIVISION VJ residency of New Forms Festival ( NFF) hosted at W2 Community Media Arts ( W2) ! 🙂
AHA MEDIA and its founding members , first met at Vision Division 2008 ( last year) which prompted our journey into new media, social media and community generated media making!
AHA MEDIA members came from the Fearless City Mobile project and continue to be proud to be camera operators and content producers for Fearless and W2.
Below is a photo of the founding members of AHA MEDIA having fun!
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Below is a photo of us helping to Live VJ at Pop Vox 09
Below is a photo of Live VJ streams on a mobile screen being demonstrated at Convergence during Vancouver Digita Week
AHA MEDIA welcomes the new VISION DIVISION residency of 2009 ! 🙂
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Vision Division Residency: Live Visuals at W2 Community Media Arts
Time: September 15, 2009 at 1pm to September 18, 2009 at 6pm
Location: W2 Flack Block
Street: 163 West Hastings
City/Town: Vancouver
Mia Makela (Finland/Berlin) works with young Vancouver media artists learning to remix video and live streams for site-specific projections. The participants are under-30 marginalized media artists facing systemic barriers to advancing a media arts practice.
Produced by W2 and New Forms Festival, in association with Bladerunners and the Western Front.
Sept 15-18, All day residency workshop (all positions already filled).
Tues/Wednesday 12noon – 5pm; Thur/Friday 1-6pm.
Sept 19, 8-10pm VJ performance by attendees of the workshop (free and open to the public!)
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W2 Community Media Arts (W2) is working with New Forms Festival (NFF) to deliver this program which advances marginalized youth media artists in Vancouver with tools and strategies. Having NFF work with W2 means we can both bring our strengths and resources to the same table and do something twice as impacting.
Mia Makela has just arrived in Vancouver for the week in residence. While the workshop – like last year’s Vision Division – prioritises our W2 DTES community, all NFF fans can check out some of the results and hear from Mia first-hand on Saturday night.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/events/vision-division-residency-live
http://2009.newformsfestival.com/?p=143
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