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W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Soul Gardens Public Art Project
Event Details
Time: July 5, 2011 to September 21, 2011
Location: W2 Media Cafe, DTES locations
Event Type: project, exhibition, workshop
Organized By: W2 Woodwards
Event Description
Soul Gardens is a W2 community public art project that investigates the cultural history of the Downtown Eastside as told through stories of food, gardening and community.
A collaboration between five muralists and five artist researchers, the project draw heavily on individual and shared narratives within founding DTES cultural groups including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations, and African, Chinese, Japanese and European settlers. In addition to a large public mural, Soul Gardens will create a dynamic online interface inviting individuals to share recipes, stories, photos and other information about how food has played a role in shaping their experience of Vancouver.
Muralists: Jordan Bent, Indigo, Scott Sueme, Melanie Shambach, Take5. Researchers: Wayde Compton, Lani Russwurm, Anne Marie Slater, Sid Tan and Cease Wyss. Project Coordinators: Irwin Oostindie, Lianne Payne.
Look here for further event updates on the project as they are announced, including long table dinners, recipe card collections, and public talks and workshops on cultural heritage and community history.
With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada. Artwork design: Jordan Ben
AHA MEDIA is very proud to help support the W2 Soul Gardens Public Art Project!
Below are photos from a recent meeting at W2 Media Cafe
HIV Status testing event at Victory Square in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Sat July 9, Sun July 10, 2011
From What’s Your Status
Together we can radically stop the spread of HIV and AIDS through identifying participants who are positive. The earlier you learn your status and start treatment you significantly lower the risk of transmitting this disease to someone else.
Finding out your HIV status is positive used to be thought of as a death sentence. This is no longer the case because of pioneers in medical research like Dr. Julio Montaner and the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS who have developed a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for people living with the disease that can prolong healthy living for a lifetime and reduces the risk of HIV transmission. Along with this ground breaking research, a Point of Care test (similar to a test a diabetic would take) has the ability to screen for the virus in 60 seconds.
We are initiating a HIV testing, treatment and education campaign in the downtown eastside community (DTES). This program is a pilot project linking peers within our DTES to information and resources that they need and are available to them within the PHS programs that currently exist as well as special summer outdoor events.
Our objectives are to test and educate as many people from the DTES community as HIV screening is an important part of preventative health care for everyone. We also intend to link people living with a HIV positive status to all the resources and support that are available to them in their community.
Everyone is Welcome!
1 Get Tested
2 Get Your Results
3 Get a $5 Army and Navy Gift Card & lighter
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If you have already have been tested at Pigeon Park or LifeSkills you cannot be tested for 3 months
BUT PLEASE BE OUR GUEST!!
Music and Entertainment All Day Long!!
FREE!! HIV testing, Airbrush Tattoos, Food & Fruit, Resources, Live Music
Five Hole for Food (FHFF) in Vancouver on Saturday July 9, 2011
Dinner at NEW Save On Meats restaurant with Karen Fung and Raul Pacheco in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
From Save On Meats:
SAVE ON MEATS / A Vancouver Institution for 54 Years
Al DesLauriers opened Save On Meats at 43 West Hastings in 1957 amid the shine of dozens of neon signs up and down what was then considered Vancouver’s main shopping and entertainment district. The famous ‘flying pigs’ were a beacon for customers and a major attraction along Hastings Street.
But while the city grew and other businesses closed down or moved away Save On Meats remained in its original location serving its loyal clientele for the next 54 years.
In 2009 Al retired and the butcher shop was shut, leaving Vancouverites to mourn the loss of Vancouver legend, not to mention one of the best burgers in town.
Read more here
Photos from a delightful diner style dinner with wonderful dear friends Karen Fung and Raul Pacheco on a Tuesday evening in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Karen reads over the menu
Karen pointed out the wall outlet by the condiments to plug in laptops and other devices!
A young child gazes at the Nostalgic menu items
Views of the restaurant
Closeup of our server’s Save On Meat’s T-Shirt
Busy Kitchen!
Our wonderful server taking our orders
A friend drops by to join us for light conversation!
Our server brings us our meal of Cream Soup, side of Broccoli and Grilled cheese sandwich with mashed potatoes
Dinner was followed by two miniature Butterscotch milkshakes
Raul joins our dinner!
A lovely evening with two fantastic friends – Raul and Karen!
AHA MEDIA filmed at Piknic Électronik Afterparty at W2 Media Cafe in W2 Community Media Arts Centre in Vancouver DTES
Le Piknic Électronik
Founded in 2003, the Piknic Électronik is a weekly electronic music summer event that takes place in the Place de l’Homme on St. Helena Island, Montreal, Quebec. Some weeks, the event moves to other sites on the same island, or on the nearby Ile Notre-Dame. In addition, some sporadic Piknic’s are organized during the year with specific themes:
- Cabane à sucre électronik aka Sugar Shack Electronik (at Jean Drapeau Park on 4 and 5 April 2009)
- Igloofest (external event taking place on several evenings during the winter in Montreal)
- Piknic @ Vancouver (Stanley Park June 24, 2010, in collaboration with Francophone Summer Festival Vancouver)
Mindful of its mission to democratize electronic music and talent contained in the electronic music scene in Montreal and internationally, the Piknic Électronik is intended as a weekly event combining fun and innovative discovery.
++++ June 24th Lineup
Pompe Tes Pipes (Montreal)
myspace.com/ptpodt / soundcloud.com/pompetespipes
Bio: The PomPe tes PiPes Olympic Dj Team was born in july 2008, when Funky Falz, Archibald Singleton and Tony the Tiger decided to launch the PTP nights @ the Gymnase, in Montreal. With an active approach on djing and with live sequencers, PTP-ODT gives a unique performance each time they play, giving the long lasting advantages of the dj set, with the performance of live music showcase. In their first year, they’ve played with Living~Stone, Mofomatronix, Power Players, Les Mi@tches, Tom Bypass, Dj in your face, BSBTRGDclub, Yannkat and Kasdal from the Cruz Control Crew and many more. They’ve been invited by Ninja Tunes to play at their monthly Clock Out, opened for The Glitch Mob @ Piknic Electronik, and the adventure is only beginning.
Derek Duncan (Leisure)
leisureleisure.com / soundcloud.com/derekduncan
Alex Slaughter (Leisure / YIIK)
leisureleisure.com
Zeeaa (Midnight City / JYB / Inside Out Radio)
Tuesdays 8-9pm on www.citr.ca or 101.9fm / soundcloud.com/insideoutradio
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