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AHA MEDIA is very pleased that Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON donated a Nokia N86 for a trial period for Fearless City Mobile Project of W2 Culture + Media House for W2 Community Media Arts in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA is very pleased that Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON donated a Nokia N86 for Fearless City Mobile Project of W2 Culture + Media House for W2 Community Media Arts in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
The Nokia N86 was generously donated by Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON http://www.womworld.com/nokia/ for a trial period for Fearless City Mobile Project Members to livestream events of W2 Culture + Media House for W2 Community Media Arts in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
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Below is a photo of April Smith of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project pointing at the Nokia N86, with Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON with Mike McNeely of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project standing behind them
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Below is a photo of Alvin Clayton of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project smiling broadly at the thought of trying out a Nokia N86 from Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON
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In this photo is Peter Davies, Alvin Clayton and Mike McNeely of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile with Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON
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In this video, Tom Hall of WOMWORLD LONDON pronounces NOKIA in 3 languages in Vancouver DTES for Peter Davies, Alvin Clayton and Mike McNeely of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project
This video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a New Media camera – Panasonic DMC-ZS3. AHA MEDIA is about exploring mobile media production through New Media cameras. 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 is Peter Davies and Alvin Clayton of AHA MEDIA and Fearless City Mobile Project trying out the Camera functions of the Nokia N86 at the DTES CAN Art Space in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
This video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a New Media camera – Panasonic DMC-ZS3. AHA MEDIA is about exploring mobile media production through New Media cameras. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
AHA MEDIA is very proud to present “With Glowing Hearts” – a documentary on social media and W2 Community Media Arts Centre in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Animal Mother Films invites you to join us for a drink and exclusive preview from the film at the official launch party for the website for our documentary project With Glowing Hearts. We continue to capture the pressures facing Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as the city prepares to host the Winter Olympics next February, and how a remarkable group of individuals is using cutting edge social media technologies to empower their community.
WGH-is a story about a revolution, one of social change and a paradigm shift in media representation. Vancouver sets the stage, against the backdrop of the 2010 Winter Games, for our documentary about a marginalized community embracing social media tools to empower, inspire and breakdown the digital divide.
This is a project that Andrew Lavigne is directing and is being produced by animalmotherfilms.com. Shot on various capture devices including the Red, the HVX 200, the 5D MkII and the Nokia N77 cellphone. We began shooting Feb/2009 and will continue through March/2010.
Director Andrew Lavigne and Producer Jon Ornoy are now 9 months into production, charting the inspiring story of the creation of the W2 Media Arts Center as part of the Woodward’s redevelopment and the vital steps towards breaking down the digital divide that will take place within its walls.
With the launch of wghthemovie.ca, our Facebook presence and the Games only a few months away, we’re excited to throw the doors wide open and let you have a look inside.
Peter Davies demonstrates Livestreaming at Bladerunners Creative Industries Launch at Theatre 319 on December 1, 2009
Peter Davies as a member of W2 Bladerunners Youth Media Apprenticeship program demonstrates Livestreaming at Bladerunners Creative Industries Launch at Theatre 319 on December 1, 2009
The Bladerunners Creative Industries Launch is from 10:30-11:30 at Theatre 319 on Main St.
W2 Bladerunners Youth Media Apprenticeship program and its participants will be introducing project outcomes for the upcoming year.
Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA is very proud to be part of W2 Bladerunners Youth Media Arts Apprenticeship Program
Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA is very proud to be part of W2 Bladerunners Youth Media Arts Apprenticeship Program
Below is a photo of Peter Davies and Vancouver Canucks Legend Trevor Linden
Peter will be learning more about mobile technology, locative media, web 2.0, social media, web sites, VJing, telepresence, live screens, radio, community TV, digital divide, and open source!
W2 Community Media Arts has been working for more than one year with ACCESS/Bladerunners developing a media arts apprenticeship program.
http://www.CreativeTechnology.org
The W2 Bladerunners Youth Media Arts Apprenticeship Program is well underway but below were some of the program details:
If you are between 19 and 30 years old, are eager to train and work hard, then this could be for you! Honorariums are paid to participants for 24 hours/week, daily lunch is provided. Aboriginal youth, women, and youth of colour from the inner-city are encouraged to apply. This is designed as an apprenticeship program for people who face systemic barriers to a creative technology career or practice.When you get involved with our 5-month youth apprenticeship program you will play a central role in W2 as we get set to open 9000 sq ft at Woodward’s in January 2010, and emerge as a world-class crossmedia centre. It will be an exciting few months, and for young people wanting an awesome experience working collaboratively to create media art, events, installations, and live interactive experiences = this is it!!
Following this challenging five month apprenticeship program, participants will receive regular employment with W2 or our partner employers from the local digital media/ Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.
We open at Woodwards in January 2010, but in the meantime we are actively developing and launching programs from our temporary space at 112 West Hastings.
Our innovative programs confront the digital divide with marginalized inner-city residents and artists accessing and using technology. Visiting artists-in-residence and mentors provide inspiration and support, and live events and projects give our crew the chance to test and showcase their skills and achievements.
Antoni Abad will be one of our mobile media mentors with Mobile*Native, during November 2009. Jon Cohrs/OMGIMON.TV will set up an analogue TV station. Other artists will work with us to build web sites, and we will produce major events, receptions, screenings, and parties.
The development of training, apprenticeship/employment placement programs for the digital media sector is being supported by governments, industry, and the community. Bladerunners is an internationally recognized, award winning employment program assisting multi-barrier and disadvantaged youth in gaining on the job construction training and apprenticeships. W2 is delivering Bladerunner’s first non-construction trade apprenticeship program, with funding by Bell and the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. W2 is also collaborating with Building Opportunities with Business Inner-City Society (BOB) new ICT Cluster, and this will be a connection point for participant’s employment in the local sector.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/profiles/blogs/update-w2-bladerunners-youth
AHA MEDIA is very proud to celebrate its First Birthday and First Year Anniversary online on Wednesday November 11, 2009
AHA MEDIA is very happy to celebrate its First Birthday and First year Anniversary online on Wednesday November 11, 2009 !!! 🙂
AHA MEDIA has come a long way in one year when we ( April Smith, Hendrik Beune and Al Tkatch) formed AHA MEDIA ( using the first letter of our first names) and decided last year to have our very own site online!
AHA MEDIA does mobile new media/social media reporting and event documentation for all communities in Vancouver and Downtown Eastside. We have even been invited to the cities of Whistler and Victoria to do mobile media and livestreaming.
With lessons learned from the Fearless City Mobile project from W2 Community Media Arts Centre http://www.creativetechnology.org, we are proud to continue to grow everyday and help support/report in all our neighborhoods from social justice issues to social media events!
AHA MEDIA enjoys providing an independent and alternative perspective to general media views. Through our new media devices and cameraphones, we hope to be a news resource for everyone who is interested in us.
Over the year AHA MEDIA has grown to include 11 people affiliated with AHA MEDIA – nearly all live and work in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside.
We are honored to have the Aboriginal/Native Culture perspectives from our Aboriginal reporters – Brody Benson, Alvin Clayton, Clyde Wright
Other fantastic members of AHA MEDIA are :
Peter Davies – Photographer
Ken Glofcheskie – Sports and Social Justice
J-Hock – Housing and Economic Issues
Derrick Simms – Tech Support
Alain Assaily – Real Journalist!
AHA MEDIA enjoys peer training, participating and engaging in our communities to produce content for everyone to see and hear!
Among our many news/events coverage, our next ongoing project is documenting and archiving events leading up to and during the 2010 Winter Olympics. We will report on all perspectives as well as hearing the personal stories of folks in our neighborhoods.
Two future projects AHA MEDIA will be involved in are:
1) Documenting the Poverty Olympics – a satirical view of the Games put on by CCAP who are concerned about economic, housing and social justice issues of the Downtown Eastside
2) Participating in Fearless City’s CODE Live and Bright Lights editions – the Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition, part of the 2010 Winter Olympics celebrations. The projects will include streaming videos created by local residents and shown on giant screens at W2, a community media arts centre opening this winter as part of the Woodward’s development.
AHA MEDIA is proud to be part of ongoing year long documentary filming process for a movie called With Glowing Hearts – http://www.vimeo.com/5401993
AHA MEDIA is still learning and growing everyday! We humbly thank EVERYONE who has supported us, been our mentor and most importantly been our friend!
We couldn’t have done it without you! 🙂
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Below is a photo of AHA MEDIA – Al Tkatch, Hendrik Beune and April Smith celebrating our First birthday and First Year Anniversary together on Wednesday November 11, 2009 in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver Chinatown
We hope AHA MEDIA will continue to have good luck, good fortune and live as long as the turtles swimming in the ponds! 🙂
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Below is a photo and video of AHA MEDIA Co-founders Hendrik Beune and Al Tkatch and their thoughts
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 three ducks swimming at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver Chinatown. AHA MEDIA believes that beautiful things can happen in small places especially in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA thanks everyone once again during our year long journey into media making online and offline 🙂
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