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W2 info night on June 4, 2009 at Flack Block in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
Interested in W2 and the community? Want to get involved to make a positive and lasting change?
Come to the W2 info night, held on Thursday, June 4th at 7PM. This is an free and informal event open to everyone. Food and drinks will be served.
Thursday night is a community meeting for our supporters. We will be doing Info Sessions every week on key subjects, but this meeting is aimed at updating our active community on challenges we are having with City negotiations, as well as recruiting more volunteers.
The W2 Info Night will be held in W2’s new offices at the Flack Block building at 163 West Hastings from 7-10PM on June 4th.
A W2 staff member will be waiting out front of the building to let guests inside.
Future topics include Social Enterprise Incubator program
W2 Youth Media Arts Lab apprenticeship program recruitment
Intro to our tv/radio programs
Youth program
Disability arts program
W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org
To see 68 photos, please see our Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619314534906/
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended Pacificthorn Launch Party
| ::Pacificthorn:: Spring/ Summer 09 street release – Fall/ Winter 09 preview
Following up our private launch event last week, the Pacificthorn showroom is now open and will be hosting a public reception and preview of our seasonally self titled fall line (the Fall) and street release of our spring line (ATLANTIS). The concept for our spring collection is informed by Christian Nicolay’s gallery exhibit of the same name, which provocatively questions the loss of personal freedoms and examines the potential fall of the American nation-state in the contemporary milieu. From its initial reception on Nov .08 at Winsor Gallery, the ATLANTIS exhibit has extended itself to a variety of expressions, each differing only slightly between venue, This June ATLANTIS finds itself uniting with its cross referenced clothing line. Featured artist Christian Nicolay , extends himself, producing a third and final installation in conjunction with the Pacificthorn showroom tying the very conceptualization of the spring line together in cross reference to his gallery project. -Neal Nolan Pacificthorn.com
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Spring/ Summer 09 street release – Fall/ Winter 09 preview::
Thursday, June 4,
7pm – 12am
110 E. Hastings at Columbia.
Please see artist’s statement (attached) in compendium to this event.
ATLANTIS.
Christian Nicolay.
2009
ATLANTIS is a protest of the erosion of the US Constitution, which was formed as a safeguard against tyranny by the Government.
ATLANTIS deconstructs American Flags and reconstructs them into art objects and not willingly destroyed or desecrated for that purpose.
ATLANTIS draws attention to the pitfalls of the globalization, the instability of the international markets and corrupt financial institutions.
ATLANTIS represents not only the fall of a great nation, but also the fall of basic rights and freedoms.
ATLANTIS combines ubiquitous and mundane materials such as ‘Made in China’ labels, plastic toys and USD One-Dollar Bills with the intensely symbolic American flag. The subsequent re-presentation is a timely commentary on national self-image and its inherent fragility.
ATLANTIS represents the global economic crisis we are currently in and “change” needed to stay afloat and navigate through troubled waters.
Not all is lost,
because hope floats.
the war on terror,
is the war on your freedom
fighting terrorism
by creating it
less they forget
we’ll remind.
c.nicolay 09
To see 95 photos, please see our flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619218649520/
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended the closing of the artshow by Daniel McRorie in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended the closing of the artshow at Goonies at 108 East Hastings Street in Vancouver Downtown Eastside by Daniel McRorie.
McRorie folded 1000 cranes to try save his friend from cancer (the tradition was started by a young girl after the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima)
Daniel’s website is danielmcrorie.com
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AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a Benefit Concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and Solidarity Notes Choir – Friday May 29th 7:30pm
AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a benefit concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and the Solidarity Notes Choir http://www.solidaritynotes.ca
Earle Peach is a legendary singer, songwriter, conductor and composer whose political activist work has included the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. He was Carnegie Centre’s band and choir leader until a few years ago. http://www.earlepeach.com/
Where’s the Money in the Media? – Event on Wednesday May 27th – VIVO Media Centre in Vancouver
Register here to guarantee you a seat at the panel, and save some money. Only $7.00 here, $12.00 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.Where’s the Money in the Media?
*Wednesday, May 27 6:45-9:00 pm
VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main St. near 3rd close to Main Street/Science World Skytrain and Main Street #3 bus
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*Charlie Smith*, Editor, The Georgia Straight
*Marika Swan*, Interim Manager, Redwire Native Youth Media
*Colin Preston*, Library Coordinator & Canadian Media Guild Secretary, CBC Vancouver
and other special guests
Seating is limited – register online to save a seat
At this critical time when the new media environment is being molded and the traditional news industry is in a state of decline, creative approaches to journalism are urgently needed.
Yet politicians and policy makers are poised to further support the big conglomerates that got us into this mess in the first place. Canwest and other corporate media may even get a government bailout. At the same time, CBC is slashing jobs and programming under unprecedented cuts, and there is no end in sight.
-If news financed by big business is failing, what alternatives do we have?
-What role could/should CBC play?
-What other models for media are available?
-What can we do?
Vancouver’s leading independent media makers lead a panel and discussion about proposed government bailouts of corporate media, the impacts of cuts to the public broadcaster, and exciting alternative models for media.
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Suggested Donation $7 in advance, $12 at the door
no one turned away for lack of funds.
Snacks will be served
bus tickets available
Free childcare available onsite with advance request
*Seating is limited! To save your spot, please R.S.V.P. by net, phone, or email:*
to register by email: naava.smolash [at] gmail.com
by phone: (604) 875-8455 (please leave a message)
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