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AHA MEDIA is very pleased to see: W2 Community Media Arts Society presents W2 Culture + Media House during 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver
As reported in the Globe & Mail and by Bob Mackin in 24 Hours, W2 will open its doors to independent journalists and bloggers from around the world—and around the corner. The program will be launched the first week of January 2010 and feature 3-floors of media production resources and an epic mix of daily programming highlighting Vancouver’s diverse cultural scene. Participants can expect media events, receptions with international artists, screenings, live video streams from throughout the city, workshops, performances, conferences, and more from inspiring journalists and international artists in residence!
W2 Community Media Arts Society presents W2 Culture + Media House – a 24 hour/day media centre for non-accredited bloggers and journalists to share their perspective on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver with the world.
The W2 Culture + Media House offers something for everyone, with three levels of engagement (Public, Basic Media Access, and Full Media Access). The services packages include a public access cultural space during the day, transformed each night for 40 different live shows and receptions. Registered individuals and media organizations have access to the upper 200 and 300 levels offering daily morning press briefings, high-speed wireless internet (upto 25Mbps), meeting space, complimentary Salt Spring Island coffee, fully wired computer work stations, broadcasting systems, and access to W2 silkscreening and printing services.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/profiles/blogs/launch-date-010110
http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/2010-media-house-1
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Online registration will open in January with a mix of Vancouver and international media outlets already confirmed to occupy space in the 10,000 sq ft heritage venue. The registration fees will provide participants with robust wireless, Salt Spring Coffee Co. beverages, daily press briefings by local and international NGOs, access to video editing resources, shipping and office support services, onsite letterpress/silk-screen/digital printing, access to media production equipment, interpretation services, knowledgeable local hosts, and tickets for conferences and festivals. It opens in January and will be at full capacity from February 12—28, 2010. A separate initiative focusing on the social media scene during the Olympics is being headed up by our friends at the True North Media House (TNMH)—which is not affiliated with the W2 programs. TNMH is “a media collaboration campaign to encourage social coverage of major events, highlight emerging media and provide a venue for discussing the increasing use of social media… at events of like the 2010 Winter Olympics.”
The W2 Culture+Media House operations are in addition to the busy work W2 is doing building a permanent community media facility across the street at Woodward’s—set to open in the Spring of 2010. While the Woodward’s heritage building construction will not yet be finished for the Olympics, W2 will present Fearless City Mobile screens at our future W2 Cafe site in the Woodward’s Atrium. This living streaming video wall will be operational throughout February and is located just 100 feet distance across Hastings Street from the W2 Culture+Media House.
For partnership and sponsorship inquiries contact:
W2 Executive Director irwin@creativetechnology.org
W2 Administrative Director lianne@creativetechnology.org or phone 604.689.9896.
Registration Inquiries
We invite your questions and interest in the W2 Culture + Media House.
Please direct your inquiry to:
Irwin Oostindie
Executive Director
Toll-free: 1-877-689-9896
Local: 604.689.9896
Skype: irwin_oostindie
Twitter: @W2Woodwards @FearlessCity
2010 Media House – Registration Inquiries
W2 Community Media Arts Society presents W2 Culture + Media House – a 24 hour/day media centre for non-accredited bloggers and journalists to share their perspective on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver with the world.The W2 Culture + Media House offers something for everyone, with three levels of engagement (Public, Basic Media Access, and Full Media Access). The services packages include a public access cultural space during the day, transformed each night for 40 different live shows and receptions. Registered individuals and media organizations have access to the upper 200 and 300 levels offering daily morning press briefings, high-speed wireless internet (upto 25Mbps), meeting space, complimentary Salt Spring Island coffee, fully wired computer work stations, broadcasting systems, and access to W2 silkscreening and printing services.
Local and international media already registered to use W2 Culture + Media House during the 2010 Games include: CJSF Radio, CFRO Radio, 24 Hours, Fresh Media, The Tyee, Open Media, and Rabble.ca. W2 is currently fielding registration inquiries from media organizations as far away as USA, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK.
Full Media Access Pass
Application required* for 24/7 access to levels 100, 200 and limited 300
- Recommended for individuals and teams who are looking for a home-base during the 2010 Olympics and require secure and dedicated media production supports and want complete 24/7 access to all media, cultural and social events to connect with media makers, artists and journalists. Add some serious bandwidth to a rich mix of work and socializing
- 1. Reserved access (includes complimentary beverages) to daily Cinq à Sept Receptions featuring guest hosts and daily speakers (from the sport, culture, media, NGO, and technology communities), live music and DJs, fresh video feeds, hors d’ouevres, and beverages. Cinq à sept refers to “five to seven”, pronounced “sank-ah-set,” is a Québec French term for a time in the afternoon intended to be spent with friends and colleagues.($180 value)
- 2. Complimentary guest passes for your friends and colleagues to daily Cinq à Sept Receptions ($120 value)
- 3. Reserved ticket to more than 24 separate evening events on 100 level ($300 value)
- 4. Reserved ticket to W2’s Social Media & The Olympics conference. Launching Jan 15, 2010! ($40 value)
- 5. Souvenir shwag! Bring home your choice of souvenir W2 Culture+Media House Tshirt and buttons! ($25 value)
- 6. Access to all levels of the House: 100, 200, and 300 levels. This includes exhibitions by: Dustin Rivers (Squamish Nation), fifty artists in the Hot One Inch Action button show, neighbourhood artists featured in the Downtown Art Walk, and many more!
- 7. Salt Spring Coffee fair-trade organic coffee – unlimited fuel
- 8. Daily press briefings between 9am and 12noon from local and international NGOs, with updates from Cultural Olympiad international and local artists and cultural presenters
- 9. Rendezvous and meeting space
- 10. Secure high speed internet (upto 20 Mbps
- 11. Dedicated fully wired computer work stations
- 12. Printing 5 cents/page b+w, 35 cents/page colour
- 13. Zip Courier service (at-cost rush courier to local and international destinations)
- 14. Photography and scanning service
- 15. In-house silkscreening print services (caps, patches, tshirts,..)
- 16. Final Cut Pro editing suites
- 17. In-house Technical support
- 18. Access to W2 TV broadcasting platform
- 19. Access to video footage from our 8 camera HD and mobile W2 TV crews
- 20. Interpretation services (Chinese, French, Spanish, Dutch…)
- 21. Local guides familiar with the Cultural Olympiad, socio-economic issues of the Downtown Eastside, and major issues of the 2010 Olympics.
- 22. Ticketing service for Cultural Olympiad events
Photo from December 30 and we are currently setting up the level 300 Final Cut Pro editing area and work-stations.
Operations: The W2 Culture + Media House operations are being scaled up throughout January with full media operations running throughout February, and basic media services during March.
Participation Fees
Daily $ call for details
Week $ call for details
Month $ call for details **
* Full Media Access Pass requires application and approval by W2.
**Sponsorship and barter exchanges available, please inquire.
For partnership and sponsorship inquiries contact:
W2 Executive Director irwin@creativetechnology.org
W2 Administrative Director lianne@creativetechnology.org or phone 604.689.9896.
Registration Inquiries
We invite your questions and interest in the W2 Culture + Media House.
Please direct your inquiry to:
Irwin Oostindie
Executive Director
Toll-free: 1-877-689-9896
Local: 604.689.9896
Skype: irwin_oostindie
Twitter: @W2Woodwards @FearlessCity
April Smith of AHA MEDIA is a featured storyline in ” With Glowing Hearts” – WGH the Movie
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This storyline is from the Documentary ‘With Glowing Hearts‘. It follows April Smith on her journey building AHA Media as the preeminent news source for Vancouver’s DTES using social media for social justice. Along the way April faces many challenges including homelessness
” April Smith is an incredible young woman facing a boat load of challenges. She has graciously allowed us to follow her for the last 8 months and gather the footage we used to compile this story thread. Hers is a story full of both despair and inspiration. ”
A Social Media revolution has been brewing for the past five years on websites from FaceBook, to Wikipedia, to Flickr, and as it spreads throughout the Internet and into popular culture through an increasing number of portals, it is creating a new sense of community and empowerment amongst those who have embraced it.History has shown that poor and marginalized communities stand to gain the most from leaps forward in the democratization of information, so the excitement in areas like Vancouver’s maligned Downtown Eastside about the possibilities of Web 2.0 and beyond is palpable.
With the Winter Olympics less than a year away, billions have been spent in preparations and many poverty advocates are concerned about how the city’s several thousand homeless and working poor will fit into the equation as Vancouver puts on its best face for the world.
Against this background the film examines Social Media in action as a group named Fearless City embarks on a campaign to empower and protect its neighbours with cellphones, video-streaming, and the World Wide Web.
With great thanks to Director Andrew Lavigne and Producer Jon Ornoy !
AHA MEDIA is very proud to introduce a new look to AHA MEDIA’s Website
Welcome to the new look for AHA MEDIA online! 🙂
A sleek new design means faster access to what AHA MEDIA is known for primarily…
1) Social Media Content Production, Promotion, Documentation and Archiving of Events, Projects and more
2) Hyper Local Citizen Journalism Coverage – A media outlet for people of Vancouver and Downtown Eastside to help tell their own stories. Through our social media campaigns we aim to bring an awareness to the Social Justice issues that affect our area
AHA MEDIA is proud to be involved in our Vancouver Downtown Eastside Community! 🙂
- Facilitate others in social media literacy and campaign building
- Community engagement and outreach with social media
- Peer advocacy and awareness for our neighborhood residents.
- Active participation in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
- Media representation and speaking engagements
Three upcoming and ongoing projects that AHA MEDIA is involved in
1 ) Filming 3 satirical/parody remakes of a “Holiday themed” song involving residents of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside.
2) Part of W2 Community Media Art’s Fearless City Mobile Project – helping to do livestreaming and engage with the Downtown Eastside . We will include their personal thoughts and stories in a very participatory way. http://www.CreativeTechnology.org
3) Being filmed and documented ourselves for With Glowing Hearts, an independent film about social justice, social media, Olympics and the Vancouver Downtown Eastside http://www.WGHTheMovie.ca
Thanks everyone for supporting AHA MEDIA! We really appreciate it! 🙂
Some of AHA MEDIA status updates on Facebook and Twitter over 2009 in Vancouver + Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
@Ahamedia went and filmed our walkthrough of @Workspace!! Post tomorrow!
Going to film Press Conference at Golden Crown – Illegal Tenant Evictions
NEW POST! @AHAMEDIA filmed at Fight HST Rally at Canada Place on Sat Sept 18 – Over 5,000 ppl! http://tinyurl.com/nf2q3q
Will be helping to present at #BarCamp on @FearlessCity – Moble Media + @W2Woodwards – New Media Arts Centre in Vancouver #BCV09
Will be helping to do a presentation on Mobile Media Strategies at @FreshMediaMe at @W2Woodwards from 1:50pm to 2:40pm TODAY!
Just filmed a short segment of the the Sites of Empowerment tour in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside with Wendy Pedersen and CCAP volunteers. Nice to see Vancouver City Councillor George Chow with our group of 40 interested folks on life in our community! 🙂
Dear Friends, I just started @AHAMEDIA Fan page on Facebook. Please come join me http://tinyurl.com/yzw4sfz Thank you
Today AHA MEDIA will be filming Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victory Square in Vancouver
Clyde Wright of AHA MEDIA speaks of a Wish List for Christmas Holiday Season 2009 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Many Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents face great challenges including health problems, homelessness, access to good food/water/ warm clothing during the Holiday Season
Since the weather is getting very cold , members of AHA MEDIA as well as LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside would dearly appreciate some donations of food items, warm clothes, toiletries
AHA MEDIA would love to continue to build their community capacity to do mobile media reporting in Vancover and Downtown Eastside and would really love some donated electronic gear! 🙂
FIDO Pay as You Go Phone Cards for cell phones,
Digital cameras,
SD memory cards,
Laptops/Desktops,
Video cameras,
Audio equipment
AHA MEDIA volunteers and peer trains others at LifeSkills Centre near Oppenheimer Park in 4 groups
1) Social Justice Support Group, 2) Upwords Writing 3) Computers and basic media literacy 4) Community Engagement
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In this video, Clyde Wright of AHA MEDIA speaks of a wish list for the Holiday Season 2009 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making new media 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 DM April Smith at Twitter.com/AprilFilms or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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Below is a Wish list compiled by members of AHA MEDIA and members of LifeSkills Centre for Holiday Season 2009
– Gift Certificates for London Drugs, Rexall, Army and Navy, Nester’s Food Market, Tim Horton’s, – Any Fast Food place
– Socks
– Thermal Underwear
– Towels ( Bath and Kitchen )
– Toiletries – Shampoo, Conditioner, Shaving, ToothBrush, Toothpaste, personal grooming kits
– DVDs
– Art Supplies – Paints, Paper,
– Office Supplies
– Media Equipment
– Digital Cameras
– Blank Dvds to record on
– USB Flash Drives
– Radios – big and small
– Extension Cords
– Mini Fridge and Microwaves
– Good Shoes/Boots
– Vitamins, Boost and Ensure Drinks
– Laptops/Desktops
– Cellphones
– FIDO pay as you go phone cards for cellphones
– Digital Cameras
– Video Cameras
– Jackets
– Sleeping Bags/Blankets
– Laundry Soap
– Mp3 players
– Guitars or Instruments
– Green Plants
– Tools
– Garbage Bags
– Cleaning Supplies
– Loose Tobacco
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! 🙂
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Please contact April Smith of AHA MEDIA through Email: Apr@live.ca
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