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AHA MEDIA is very proud of our Peter Davies as he will be one of W2 Culture + Media House’s Technical Coordinators during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
AHA MEDIA is very proud of our Peter Davies as he will be one of W2 Culture + Media House’s Technical Coordinators during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics! 🙂
W2 Culture + Media House provides the infrastructure, resources and support for unaccredited media, independent journalists and bloggers from around the world and around the corner who are covering this Vancouver story.
W2 has created a work and social environment in a 1903 heritage building at 112 West Hastings. 13,000 square feet featuring a mix of Vancouver artists, designers, quiet work space, daily media events for community organizations, a 24/7 webcast, and open to the public.
Become part of the first-ever Cultural Olympiad partnership spanning two Olympic Games, as W2 partners with Abandon Normal Devices (UK) with the assistance of Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme in England’s Northwest.
AHA MEDIA was pleased to attend the Hot One Inch Action MEDALISTS show at W2 Culture + Media House – 112 West Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
THE ONE INCH BUTTON SHOW
Conceived by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen in 2004, Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of art, music and social interaction in Vancouver, BC. The original work of fifty different artists is presented on one inch buttons. These one inch buttons are displayed on the gallery wall and the audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons in bags of five for $5. If the bag purchased does not have the desired button, you are invited to trade with the people around you. How bad do you want that button? That’s when the hot action starts.
Hot One Inch Action MEDALISTS
Saturday February 6, 2010 · doors @ 8pm
W2 Culture + Media House – 112 W Hastings Vancouver
Ever wonder what doesn’t make it into the show? We have a difficult time choosing buttons to be in Hot One Inch Action and with 100-150 submissions each year, there’s a lot of great art that doesn’t make the cut. So, to kick off 2010, we’ve chosen 50 buttons not in the 2004-2009 shows to be MEDALISTS. Bags of 5 random buttons will be available for $5. Get a button you don’t want? Trade with the people around you! RSVP on Facebook.
The MEDALISTS for 2010: Alan Ashton, Andrea Zariwny, Barb Clayden, Brent Clowater, Carl Oxley III, Carmen Wagner, Chandra V. Halko, Christopher Ellis, Christopher Williams, Colin McFarland, Daisy Chia, Dalia Vukmirovich, Darcy Paterson, David Fleming-Saraceno, David Shame, Ehren Salazar, Eileen Soo, Erica-May Chan, Erin Cooper, Erin Griffin, Erin Watkins, Gord Bruce, Hayley Arlidge, Jackson Smith, Janos Sitar, Jen Crothers, Joanne White, Justin Longoz, Karin Vengshoel, Kate Zisman, Kazuko Kusumoto, Kim Kalanj, Kris Brownlee, Lara Smith, Laura Mcintyre, Leslie Supnet, Malcolm Van Delst, Matt Bowen, Meghan Deutscher, Michelle Chau, Michelle Kuen Suet Fung, Miranda Pang, Neal Michael, Paul Edmondson & Laurie Mark, Phresha, Polly Nomial, Rachael Ashe, Rose Poon, Theresa Wong, Tiffany Monk
Sorry, all the buttons from our shows are sold out! If you want to purchase buttons from Hot One Inch Action, you’ll have to go to a show. For information on ordering your own custom one inch buttons, go to thisisplanb.net for pricing and details.
Hot One Inch Action is the original, annual show of one inch buttons presented, produced and curated by Chris Bentzen and Jim Hoehnle. We also produce a similar show called CARDED! Think Hot One Inch Action with trading cards.
http://www.hotoneinchaction.com
April Smith and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA are always very happy to go LaFleur Hair Studio in Gastown, Vancouver
April Smith and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA are always very happy to go LaFleur Hair Studio in Gastown, Vancouver!
We thank Fleur and Sarah for their wonderful generosity, time, expertise and trendy fashion know how to make us look FANTASTIC! 🙂
It’s a New Year for us at AHA MEDIA and we want to look and feel as good as possible!
Much Thanks to Fleur, Owner of LaFleur Hair Studio and Sarah! <– The BEST!
Lafleur Hair Studio (604) 488-1508
Suite 108 26 Cordova St E by Carrall St Gastown, Vancouver
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AHA MEDIA is very proud to attend Fearless City Mobile Project Meeting on Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
AHA MEDIA is very proud to attend Fearless City Mobile Project Meeting on Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
W2’s Fearless City Mobile is recruiting Vancouver DTES residents and artists for an exciting mobile video streaming showcase of ideas and views from our neighbourhood.
VJs (video jockeys) will remix live videos created by participants and project a mashup on giant screens from the large window facade of the new W2 Cafe site inside the Woodward’s Atrium. (The W2 Cafe will not open in the Woodward’s Atrium until late April). The mobile video mix will also be viewed on a screen at the W2 Culture + Media House – our space at 112 W Hastings.
Fearless City Mobile has a successful track record of empowering local residents with access to technology, and helped launch other projects in the neighbourhood like AHA Media. Funding for this February program is from CODE Live (Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition) and the City of Vancouver’s Bright Lights. For project background, check out these samples of previous test events: showing Fearless participants learning about mobile video and VJing are Vision Division; with mobile streaming from DTES locations and our shopping cart screen; mixing it up with VJs and DJs at Tech Forms; in Ottawa for BC Scene with VJs remixing streaming connections from seven galleries and layered social media together.
Meeting: every Wednesday 1-3 PM W2 Perel Gallery 112 West Hastings @Abbott. Weekly Fearless City Mobile training and peer support sessions (lunch included) every Wednesday. We will be providing an honorarium for Fearless City Mobile Project participants and we especially encourage our original 2008 Fearless City crew to come and work and create again
I encourage everyone to sign up as a member on W2 Community Media Arts site on www.creativetechnolgy.org and come join us!
Please also join Fearless City Mobile on W2 after you sign up. http://www.creativetechnology.org/group/fearlesscity
If you use Twitter add: @W2Woodwards and @FearlessCity
See you soon! 🙂
AHA MEDIA is very proud to help Lorraine Murphy – Night manager/space animator of Coworking at BOB ( Building Opportunites with Business ) in Vancouver
April Smith and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA are very proud to help Lorraine Murphy – AHA MEDIA’s friend, mentor and Night Manager/Space Animator of the new Coworking@BOB space 163 East Pender St in Vancouver’s Chinatown 🙂
In the photo below, Andrew “Muskie” McKay of BOB explains to Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA the lockers to be installed shortly and available to Coworking@BOB tenants
AHA MEDIA will supporting and helping out at Coworking@BOB 🙂
What we’re offering is a work surface, be it a desk, a chair, a table, a couch, or the bay window, wherever you’re most comfortable. Of course we’ll offer wi-fi and other niceties such as an electronic white board and a projector to facilitate discussion and creative thinking. There’s a fridge for your food, a microwave, filtered water cooler, and secure storage for your bike. The price is a flat $200 per month and includes keyless access.
We’re looking for creative professionals, progressive thinkers, the socially responsible and ecologically conscious who want to be surrounded by others of like mind. Folks who want more than a cubicle and a 9 to 5 and dream of bigger things and a better Vancouver to call home. If this sounds like you, contact Andrew “Muskie” McKay 778-328-7672 or write coworking@bobics.org
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Please read Gillian Shaw of Vancouver Sun article:
By GILLIAN SHAW
Coworking and hotdesking are growing trends with companies and individuals who are abandoning high-priced real estate in favour of more practical – and less pricey – workspace solutions.
With inner city Vancouver home to many independent tech and creative entrepreneurs, it’s a natural for the newly opened coworking@BOB space, a shared work space created by Building Opportunities with Business, a non-profit aimed at supporting business development and job opportunities in the neighborhood.
High-ceiling, spacious and located on the main floor of a building at 163 East Pender St., the shared open space gives tenants desk space, along with chairs, tables, couches and other furnishings that distinguish it from a less inviting cubicle haven. Art on the walls from Vancouver’s Grace Gallery will be rotated regularly.
“We hope that this open shared work space can contribute to the revitalization of the inner-city by providing a space for creative professionals to flourish, for ideas to percolate, to cross pollinate, for businesses to grow, a place where stuff gets done,” reads BOB’s announcement of the new space.
Wi-Fi, a fridge, microwave, filtered water cooler and secure bike storage round out the offerings that come at a flat rate of $200 a month with keyless access to the building.
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What we’re offering is a work surface, be it a desk, a chair, a table, a couch, or the bay window, wherever you’re most comfortable. Of course we’ll offer wi-fi and other niceties such as an electronic white board and a projector to facilitate discussion and creative thinking. There’s a fridge for your food, a microwave, filtered water cooler, and secure storage for your bike. The price is a flat $200 per month and includes keyless access.
We’re looking for creative professionals, progressive thinkers, the socially responsible and ecologically conscious who want to be surrounded by others of like mind. Folks who want more than a cubicle and a 9 to 5 and dream of bigger things and a better Vancouver to call home. If this sounds like you, contact Andrew “Muskie” McKay 778-328-7672 or write coworking@bobics.org
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Below are photos of Andrew “Muskie” McKay of BOB and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA giving the Thumbs Up to Coworking@BOB! 🙂
AHA MEDIA hopes to see you there soon! 🙂
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