W2: Community Media Arts Vancouver BC

Share/Bookmark this site!

Bookmark and Share
Join Us on Facebook

W2 Presentation Download

Click Here to Download PDF

Have a in depth look at the W2 presentation given at SFU to the Vancouver Community



Forum

Irwin Oostindie

Welcome to a growing online community 9 Replies

Started by Irwin Oostindie in General Discussions. Last reply by Indgo Child Oct 17.

Garth Yule

Student Society presence at Woodwards 4 Replies

Started by Garth Yule in Woodward's Community. Last reply by Erin Brown-John Sep 23.

 

W2:

 

W2 Community

Media Arts


Opening in September 2009, W2 Community Media Arts Centre will be a centre unlike anything in Canada, offering quality arts and cultural opportunities for the Downtown Eastside (DTES) and Vancouver residents through a range of programs, resources and activities.

W2 is currently proposed as a 14,395 square foot facility, providing a vibrant complementary focal point in the Woodwards’ redevelopment and a flagship project in the City's revitalization of the DTES.

Imagine… As residents and visitors look across the glass-ceilinged Woodward's atrium, they will be drawn towards the open W2 stairwell, which will be filled with an interactive video installation. They can enjoy a coffee at the W2 Cafe before proceeding up to the second floor. This space will welcome visitors to an incredible cultural creation centre, much of which will be available for public use and enjoyment – a gallery space, a library showcasing Vancouver’s literary heritage, a meeting room/classroom, a state-of-the-art digital print co-op and a heritage Woodward's flatbed press, technical booth, storage, public assembly space, and kitchen.

Proceeding up to the third floor, visitors will find labs and edit suites, a youth media lab and a disability arts studio run by member organizations. A creative technology incubator and a crossmedia lab will offer mentorship and support for ground-breaking new work. Also on this floor, the professional arts clusters/tenants will be supported with collaborative administrative, facility, and outreach systems, providing unparallel opportunities for collaboration, administrative efficiencies and cost savings. The basement houses a TV lab as well as a performance space. In the evenings, W2 will be host to many of Vancouver's most innovative performing and multi-disciplinary artists in this flexible area designed to adapt to as-yet-unforeseen performance forms.

Negotiations are ongoing with our partner, the City of Vancouver, to confirm the space allocation.

Image: Henriquez Partners

W2 is designed to be a collaborative system for the participating organizations to share facilities, maximize opportunities for new programming creation and delivery, and to integrate and combine training programs and services for the public. Founding core members of W2 include:

CHAKRAS/teaspace Society CJSF (SFU) Radio Gallery Gachet IMAGeNation/Indigenous Media Arts Group Independent Community Television (ICTV)
Kootenay School of Writing
Redwire Native Youth Media
Society for Disability Arts & Culture
Vancouver Community Network
Vancouver Co-operative Radio (CFRO) 102.7FM



The founding groups have also welcomed the involvement of other community collaborators who have expressed a commitment to satellite program delivery at the new W2 Centre. These associate members include:


BC Regional Integrated Arts Network (BRIAN) Carnegie Community Association desmedia DTES Community Arts Network LIVE Performance Biennale Radix Theatre
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Association
SFU Student Society
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Video In/Video Out (VIVO)

 

Blog Posts

Irwin Oostindie

W2 Studio XX Artist-in-Residence Nov 21-28, 2008

W2 has invited six DTES women to participate in our Fearless City Mobile program in association with Studio XX, DTES Community Arts Network, Mobile Muse 3. The residency is in conjunction with the Vancouver Art Gallery's Fuse event for the Wack! exhibition. Check out the details on our sister website: Fearless City W2 will host visiting artists as a regular part of its public programming. Working with us for t… Continue

Posted by Irwin Oostindie on November 18, 2008 at 4:00pm

Irwin Oostindie

Call to Local and International Mobile Media Artists and Technicians

Fearless City Mobile Project is the first media arts project of the fledgling W2 organisation, produced in association with Fearless Media Cluster. This 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 to confront the digital divide through peer training, skill sharing, collective col… Continue

Posted by Irwin Oostindie on October 7, 2008 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

April

I learned how to use the cameraphones during the Fearless Festival!

The Fearless Festival was Fantastic :) I came to the festival as a novice videographer for Fearless Media and as a happy observer of all the events. :) I was surprised at all the different performances going on at once, the co-ordination of all the plans seemed to go off without a hitch. From seeing the handmade gifts at the EWAC table to listening to local duos play and City Opera presenting their pieces, it was a memorable time at Interurban gallery! I very much enjoyed listening to the peop… Continue

Posted by April on August 25, 2008 at 12:18pm

April

I am looking forward to using the Fearless Mobile cameras :)

Since I've joined Gachet again, I am really learning lots :) The best part of being involved with Gachet is learning and listening to all the different thought patterns that people in the groups have. I have attended the Fearless Mobile meetings and I must say that I wish I joined sooner.. I feel slightly lost when it comes to the technical aspects and editing of the videos. I use my own cameraphone to shoot in and around the DTES, but it at the most, only takes vids at only 16 seconds each. I k… Continue

Posted by April on August 22, 2008 at 11:30am

April

Fearless Writer's Circle.. my first time attending! :)

I am glad I went to the Fearless Writer's Circle on Thursday Aug 14th. :) How wonderful it is to be able to sit and write with other people :) It was a very therapeutic experience for me to be able to share and develop new writing skills that normally I wouldn't be able to do. I am glad for Shannon who gave us various topics to write about such as: Write a How to .. Poem, to what does Revolution mean to you? I am definitely coming back the next time the workshop is on, and I'm very fortunate to… Continue

Posted by April on August 15, 2008 at 2:30pm

 
 

Events

December 2008
SMTWTFS
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
       

Instant Chat

Chat

Loading Chat...

Latest Activity

ernie yacub ernie yacub joined W2: Community Media Arts Vancouver BC. Leave a Comment for ernie yacub. Nov 27
Jan Besseling Jan Besseling left a comment for Irwin Oostindie Nov 27
Irwin Oostindie Irwin Oostindie left a comment for Jan Besseling Nov 27
Irwin Oostindie Irwin Oostindie left a comment for Sokazo Nov 27
Sokazo Sokazo's profile changed Nov 27
Sokazo Sokazo added 8 photos. View Photos Nov 27
Attraction In Good Spirits New Miracle Mankind Passage
Sokazo Sokazo joined W2: Community Media Arts Vancouver BC. Leave a Comment for Sokazo. Nov 26
Jan Besseling Jan Besseling decided to attend the event Mobile FuseNov 26
 

© 2008   Created by W2 Media Arts

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service