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AHA MEDIA meets Toby Barazzuol at International Village Gifts & Crafts fair on Sept 19-20, 2009
AHA MEDIA meets Toby Barazzuol at International Village Gifts & Crafts fair on Sept 19-20, 2009

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Below is a photo of Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA speaking with Toby Barazzuol

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Below are photos of Toby and his beautiful glassware http://www.eclipseawards.com





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 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
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to introduce our newest member of our team – Alain Assailly
AHA MEDIA is very pleased to introduce our newest member of our team – Alain Assailly ! 🙂

Free lance journalist and independant photographer, Alain Assailly has been living in Vancouver since May 2008.
He frequently contributes to The/La Source multicultural newspaper (www.thelasource.com).
He has also written articles in the frenchspeaking newspaper « L’Express du Pacifique » (www.lexpress.org).
In France, from 1991 to 1993, he attended the film school ESRA (« Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle »). There he learned techniques in photography, video and cinema production. Then, after passing a French Law degree (to learn about copyright in France), he got a Master in Corporate Communication in 1999 (equivalent to the Canadian Bachelor of Arts degree).
After his studies, he occupied different positions in France : Advertising Manager (including events organization), Webmaster assistant, Sales Representative, Account and Staff Manager (in the cleaning industry).
Alain has decided to start a new and fresh life in Canada, where he immigrated to in 2008. After working in a fast food restaurant as a Counter Attendant in North Vancouver, he now strives to challenge himself. He aims to specialize in the production of documentaries and wants to support the development of the upcoming W2 Community Media Arts Centre in Vancouver (www.creativetechnology.org).
He’s still a member of the France-Canada Organization based in Paris, in France (www.france-canada.info). This organization deals with the social and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
In 2006, Alain was keen to discover the North American way of life and to improve his English. So, Alain stayed in Canada for one year from 2006 to 2007 with a Working Holiday Visa. He worked in Toronto as a Sales Assistant in a Fine Food Store. Then, he moved in Montreal where he set up his own business : a seasonal store to sell ice cream and candies. He stopped this temporary business when his visa was expired. His Canadian adventure was just about to begin!
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Below is a photo of April Smith welcoming Alain Assailly to the AHA MEDIA team! 🙂
AHA MEDIA hear Rockafellas play Tush by ZZ Top and Every rose has its thorn by Poison at Witch of Endor pub in Maple Ridge on Sept 11, 2009

In this video, Rockafellas – Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch play Tush by ZZ Top at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Sept 11, 2009
Rockafellas – http://www.rockafellasduo.wordpress.com <– Available for bookings/gigs
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.
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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch play Every Rose Has Its Thorn at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Sept 11, 2009
Rockafellas – http://www.rockafellasduo.wordpress.com
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.


