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AHA MEDIA is very honored to screen their “12 Days of Olympics” films at Centre A on Sat Feb 20, 2010 from 7-9pm in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA is pleased to invite you to our global online screening and world film premiere of our films both titled – 12 Days of Olympics” about life in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside during the 2010 Winter Olympics at Centre A – on this Saturday Feb 20, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm!
AHA MEDIA is so very honored to have this great opportunity to share our two Olympic films from Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Canada with people in Yokahama, Japan during Jun Oenoki’s Yokohama-Vancouver, a Skype Festivity and LiveStreaming with Nine Key Art Organization, alternative space and live party http://www.worldteaparty.com/jun-oenoki-skype-with-yokohama
During this time, our films will be shown on the large front windows so both the online and street community of Vancouver Downtown Eastside can share in this global screening and exchange!
Through our linked online community presence using Social Media Tools such as Twitter, Flickr, Ustream and Skype, both cities of Vancouver Downtown Eastside in Canada and Yokohama in Japan will be able to see, hear and share a 2 way interactive conversation about our community, media, art, activism and most importantly – our neighborhood residents!
Large projections play on the Centre A’s exterior windows. Video content includes work by various artists, live broadcast of performances, “skype” teas and the documentation of the World Tea Party in different contexts.
Presented in partnership with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. As a part of the City of Vancouver ‘s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program: Bright Light
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Jun Oenoki, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Tokyo Keizai University and artist-in-residence at Centre A, will produce a teleconference from 7 – 9pm in Japanese and English, with Nine Key art organizations in Yokohama, Japan which will be streamed live to the Internet and a live party by Skype between Yokahama, Japan and Vancouver, Canada will allow both cities share a 2 way interactive dialogue about media, art and activism with each other!
A live streaming with Nine key art organization, alternative space and live party in Yokohama, Japan by Skype. Including, “Sixsquarebridge“,”Yokohama Creativecity Center“, “Noge Hana*Hana“, “BankART NYK/KOJIMA RADIO“, “KOTOLAB,LLC/YOKOHAMA HOSTEL VILLAGE“, “KOTOBUKI CREATIVE ACTION“, “Kanagawa University SOGABE-ken“, “KOGANECHO AREA MANAGEMENT CENTER“, and “YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2011” talking about long term urban revitalizing projects initiated by the city of Yokohama in collaboration with artists and architects and the local community
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April Smith of AHA MEDIA from Vancouver Downtown Eastside’s two films which are both entitled “The 12 Days of Olympics” gives viewers the two perspectives of how Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents and their lives are affected by this historic event of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Presenting 2 sides of this event allowed the residents to voice their opinions through a musical and film format to reach a world wide audience
April Smith is an avid new media videographer based in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside and is a co founder of AHA MEDIA.
Her interests are documention of daily life in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside area, highlighting the positive while bringing to light the injustices that occur in the neighborhood. April has filmed her observations, some subversive and situational, of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside over the last 2 years.
April is a cheerleader for Positive community building and outreach, through arts, music, and advocacy in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside.
Using social media, new media, mobile media, and now filmmaking, to get her people’s stories and voices across, April hopes to reach and communicate with a world wide audience by utilizing both online and offline ways for social change and justice
Photos of April Smith by Simon Hayter
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Centre A is pleased to present World Tea Party, animated by tea master and calligrapher Bryan Mulvihill (aka Trolley Bus). Truly one of Vancouver’s “living cultural treasures”, Mulvihill has produced a special edition of The World Tea Party for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Previous versions have been presented publics large and small in a wide range of contexts, including the Winnipeg Pan Am Games, the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada, the Hollywood Bowl and the Eiffel Tower.
The World Tea Party is based on the notion that humanity shares in the drinking of tea a spirit of generosity and understanding that both celebrates and transcends our cultural diversity. Tea is the most popular beverage in the world.
The World Tea Party is a “social sculpture” that involves the creative empowerment of the audience. The tea salon is a meeting place. Its interactive aspect makes it a suitable vehicle for a debate about the relationship between the Olympics and the Downtown Eastside.
Free Tea and Big Video
In the afternoon, tea is offered for free, both inside the gallery and at times on the street. From 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, large projections play on the building’s exterior windows. Video content includes work by various artists, live broadcast of performances, “skype” teas and the documentation of the World Tea Party in different contexts.
http://www.worldteaparty.com/jun-oenoki-skype-with-yokohama
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/world-tea-…
http://www.worldteaparty.com
http://www.bright-light.ca
http://www.flickr.com/photos/centrea
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/world-tea-…
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AHA MEDIA gives Great Thanks to Hank Bull and Makiko Hara of Centre A along with Christoph Runne of Interurban Gallery for this wonderful opportunity for us to show our lives in the Downtown Eastside during the 2010 Winter Olympics
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 pleased to help announce: Mayor Gregor Robertson to do honours at ribbon-cutting ceremony for official opening of W2’s Winter Olympics unaccredited media centre – W2 Culture + Media House at 112 West Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) at 9:30AM on Wed Feb 10, 2010
Vancouver, BC – Mayor Gregor Robertson will officially open W2 Culture + Media House on Wednesday morning, a media centre hosting independent journalists and bloggers from across the globe.
A morning reception with Salt Spring Coffee Co. and fresh croissants will take place from 9am to 10am on February 10, 2010, at 112 East Hastings with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9.30am with Mayor Gregor Robertson.
Located in the heart of the Downtown Eastside, across from the historic Woodward’s site, the W2 Culture + Media House is 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 1903 heritage building provides infrastructure, resources and support for unaccredited media and features 13,000 sf (over 4-floors) of media production resources, daily morning press briefings and an epic mix of programming highlighting Vancouver’s diverse cultural scene. Fourty events over 24 days featuring 150 Vancouver and international artists working in creative technology, literary, music and interdisciplinary arts. W2 will present artists and producers from Nunavut, Quebec, USA, UK, and the Netherlands. The complete program is to be launched at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the Fresh Media Olympics Conference will be introduced, which will assess the impacts of Vancouver’s social media and journalism communities half-way thru the Games, on February 22.
Local and international media using the W2 Culture + Media House during the 2010 Games include: CNN iReport, CNN Chicago affiliate, CJSF Radio, CFRO Radio, 24 Hours, Vancouver Sun, Open Media, Vancouver Observer, The Tyee, Rabble.ca, and bloggers from the UK, Norway, USA, Japan, and the Netherlands. More are registering each day at unaccreditedolympics.eventbrite.com. The registration process provides subsidies for DTES and community media who are looking to share their view of this historic Vancouver event.
W2 is also inviting the Vancouver community to celebrate the opening on Thursday February 11th from 4pm – 7pm at the centre’s daily Cinq à Sept reception with wine provided by Ganton and Larsen Prospect Winery, hors d’ouevres and live music.
For more information on the W2 Culture + Media House, as well as W2’s upcoming programming and events, visit www.creativetechnology.org.
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Press Call – Wednesday, February 10, 2010. 9–10am – Official Opening with Mayor Gregor Robertson at 9:30am.
Opening Event – Thursday February 11, 2010. 4 – 7 pm – W2 Culture + Media House, 112 W. Hastings, Vancouver
For more information visit www.creativetechnology.org. To arrange interviews or images please contact Rebecca Eames (Media Relations Coordinator) or Irwin Oostindie (Executive Director) of W2 Community Media Arts on: 604 689 9896, 1-877-689-9896 or email: irwin@creativetechnology.org
Notes to editors:
1.The W2 Culture+Media House operations are in addition to the busy work W2 is doing building a permanent 8800 sf community media arts facility across the street at Woodward’s—set to open in the summer of 2010. W2 is the lead community non-profit amenity for the Woodward’s heritage building at the corner of Abbott & Hastings, with the W2 Cafe social enterprise opening in a few months. W2 is not supported by core government funds and relies instead on community volunteers and contributions. As the Woodward’s heritage building construction will not yet be finished for the Olympics, W2 will instead present the W2 Culture + Media House, as well as programs such as Fearless TV, Real Vancouver Writer’s Series, Fearless City Mobile, OMGIMON.TV, exhibitions, and Abandon Normal Devices Festival with our partners in the UK.
2.The W2 Community Media Arts Centre is a highly anticipated project opening in the Winter of 2009-2010 at the landmark Woodward’s redevelopment in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. In the lead-up to opening, W2 is operating the 13,000 sq ft W2 Culture + Media House across the street at 112 W Hastings. It is intended to provide a vibrant and complementary focal point in the redevelopment of Woodward’s and act as a catalyst in the revitalization of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside by emphasizing the development capacity by and for the DTES residents.
3.Media registration is now live. Visit unaccreditedolympics.eventbrite.com to register for Full Media or Basic Media Access Passes. Through this site you can also purchase guest passes to our daily Cinq à Sept Receptions, purchase a Souvenir T-shirt and button, or sponsor a community member’s participation.
4. Daily press briefings at the 100 level of the media centre commence on February 10 – immediately following the opening. Mayor Robertson will return to W2 Culture + Media House for a briefing during Copyright Day on Feb 25, concerning the City’s move towards open data.
W2 Culture+Media House
112 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1G8
www.creativetechnology.org
irwin@creativetechnology.org
Office: 604.689.9896 Mobile: 604.644.4349
Twitter: @W2Woodwards @FearlessCity
Skype: irwin_oostindie
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.
Megaphone launches special Olympic issue: “Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: A People’s History” on Wed Feb 3, 2010 – 11AM to 1PM, Interurban Galley
Olympic Issue Launch event
Megaphone launches special issue: “Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: A People’s History”
Wednesday Feb 3, 2010, 11 AM – 1PM, Interurban Gallery
http://www.MegaphoneMagazine.com
With the eyes of the world on Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, residents of the city’s Downtown Eastside will have a unique opportunity to dispel the negative stereotypes of their historic, but troubled, neighbourhood.
Megaphone, a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors, is launching a special, double-issue on the Downtown Eastside at the Interurban Gallery on Wednesday, February 3rd at 11 a.m. Entitled “Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: A People’s History”, the issue aims to change the perception of the neighbourhood and the people that populate it.
“There are a lot of unfortunate stereotypes about the Downtown Eastside,” says Megaphone’s editor-in-chief, Sean Condon. “Many people have a tough time seeing beyond the drug use and poverty. But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find a community bursting with spirit and compassion.”
The commemorative issue features stories on neighbourhood successes like the United We Can bottle depot, which provides both economic and environmental benefits to the city, and the Hope In Shadows calendar project, which shows the community’s strong spirit. It also features articles from vendors and Downtown Eastside residents about their lives and the tremendous barriers they’ve overcome.
Speaking at the event will be Sean Condon, Irwin Oostindie, executive director of W2 (an organization profiled in this issue) and Dalannah Gail Bowen (who is the executive director of the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts and is a member of editorial advisory board for this special issue).
Megaphone vendors will be in attendance to pick up issues and new Megaphone carrier bags. They will also be available to speak to the media.
The magazine’s launch will be held on Wednesday, February 3rd at the Interurban Gallery (1 E. Hastings) at 11 a.m. The event will be open to the public and will include snacks and drinks.
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