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Skytrain on Sunday Apr 5th
I filmed this video on the Main Street Skytrain for Video Blogging Week 2009 from April 5 – 12. I wanted to show the rest of the world what’s happening in a moment in my life. 🙂
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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.
Shooting Crime Scene at Union and Jackson Streets in Vancouver
In this video, I film the crime scene at Union Street and Jackson Avenue where a man was shot in a stolen truck by police.
[news1130] Vancouver Police shot a man in a stolen truck this evening near Union Street and Jackson Avenue. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
I arrived on scene in response to a tweet by the twitter account of 24 Hours Vancouver where it originally gave the location of Union and Jackson by the Viaduct of the shooting.
I also made this video in response to Video Blogging Week 2009 April 5-12 as my first video for the week.
This filming happened on Sunday April 5th, 2009 in Vancouver’s Strathcona area
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This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N77 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.
A tale of two Homeless Cities – Vancouver and Washington D.C. using cellphones, blogs and emails to get connected
On Sunday April 4th, thousands of Vancouver folks marched in solidarity to support the Grand March for Housing. which demand immediate government action to end homelessness, build social housing, protect rental housing and raise welfare and minimum rage rates.
To empower and build the Vancouver Downtown Eastside community capacity and connectivity, the Fearless City Mobile Project was developed:
The Fearless Mobile City project is a two-way social media system for marginalized residents and artists of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). It is an interactive communication system that uses Mobile Muse 3’s technology platform, a free wireless mesh network, distribution and training with mobile handsets, and live screens in public spaces. Participate in Fearless City at live events in and around our inner-city neighbourhood to create community generated media while confronting the digital divide.
In this photo, a cellphone is used to take a photo during a presentation by Hendrik Beune
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AHA MEDIA is proud to still participate in Fearless City Project ! http://www.netsquared.org/projects/fearless-city-mobile
From engaging with the public through Fearless projects, we developed our own unique way of doing event coverage and citizen journalism as we build our own AHA MEDIA website.
We at AHA MEDIA are glad for the opportunities from Fearless City that help pique our interest into mobile phone technology and all the ways it has helped our Downtown Eastside Community.
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In another city – Washington D.C. an article in the Washington Post describes how their homeless use cellphones, blogs and email to stay on top.
On D.C. Streets, the Cellphone as Lifeline
Homeless People Turn to Technology to Track Assistance and Opportunities
.A patron of Miriam’s Kitchen uses a cellphone to take a photo of first lady Michelle Obama as she helps serve lunch. “Phones are really a lifeline for many people,” says Adam Rocap, director of social services at Miriam’s Kitchen. (Martinez Monsivais – Associated Press)
Advocates who work with the District’s homeless estimate that 30 percent to 45 percent of the people they help have cellphones. A smaller number have e-mail accounts, and some blog to chronicle their lives on the streets.
When Laura Zeilinger, deputy director of program operations for the D.C. Department of Human Services, conducted housing assessments of a couple of thousand people living on city streets last summer, she was surprised by how many gave her cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses.
“Phones are really a lifeline for many people,” said Adam Rocap, director of social services at Miriam’s Kitchen, a nonprofit drop-in center for the homeless. During a string of attacks against homeless people sleeping downtown in the fall, two victims called 911 for help after they were assaulted, he said.
Please read the full article in the Washington Post on how cellphones help empower D.C.’s Homeless community lives
Greg Milne aka G-Rock, a Vancouver DTES “Outsider” Artist shows his work
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In this video, Greg Milne aka G-Rock, a local DTES resident and new “Outsider” artist presents his latest work.
He is a drummer and has been playing for 43 years! He has played with the band Rapid Fire in the 1980’s and waxes nostagically about his youth in the local Strip bars – the Marr and the Drake Hotel. He laughs on how two strippers took him to Hawaii for fun in the sun! 🙂
He recalls that 3 years ago that he couldn’t even draw stick men and now he enjoys creating art for the enjoyments of his friends! He quips that if “We only use 11% of our brains, then we have 89% left to discover ourselves 🙂
He’s been drawing for 3 years now and even his mother wonders where he got his talent from!
He proudly says that when he gives away his artwork to friends, they display it in their living rooms 🙂
Now at the young age of 50 years he says “It’s not the way you look past a first impression, it’s not having one that makes for a special person with a giving heart!”
AHA MEDIA is proud to meet G-Rock – A great Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) Outsider Artist helping to make his world beautiful 🙂
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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.
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA gets a new chair!
In the next series of photos, Hendrik Beune utilizes his new Director’s chair to engage with the Vancouver DTES community in an artistic and very mobile way.
As we started from Carnegie Centre at Main and Hasting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside ( DTES), it was quite something to see the varioius reactions on people’s faces as Hendrik rolled by them on his mobile office chair. The range of emotions ranged from suprised smiles, shocking glances, warm hearted encouragements to mere indifferences as people walked around him.
We are glad that Hendrik has his European savoir faire as he made he way down to one of our community office spaces! 🙂 We created interactive and mobile art in our area !
We, at AHA MEDIA are about creating community engagements and memories that last a long time! 🙂
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