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Surge: First Annual Urban Digital Culture Festival

At the core of this year’s inaugural… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on July 20, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

REZilliance Exhibition - Call for Submissions

W2 invites submissions to REZilliance!

This exhibition from Coast Salish-based Aboriginal Artists tells the story of cultural, political and social revival and resilience. Through visual and media arts, readings and live performance, colonial policies and practices are challenged. Predominantly a younger population, a majority of urban Aboriginal People find the ‘Urban rez’ to be 'home' and are making and keeping their cultu… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on July 20, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

June 2010 Member's Newsletter

W2 is having fun operating W2 Storyeum as a 31,000 sf exhibition, conference and festival venue project. If you haven't been checking out our events page or following us on twitter, we'd like to tell you about events at 151 W Cordova.

As a member of our online community, we encourage you to be an active user of this

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on June 9, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

JOB POSTING: Media Arts Project Coordinator

W2 is busy growing and expanding with both this paid Media Arts Project Coordinator contract, plus hiring intern staff, and inviting participants for volunteer-run committees. For more information on intern positions (which have reduced work weeks and receive honorarium and benefits package) and to sign-in as a volunteer register here.

W2 is hiring a contract summer position.
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Added by Irwin Oostindie on June 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

May 2010 Newsletter

Hi W2 members!

We have reached the 1300 member mark, and having a great time planning an
epic summer for W2 at our new 31,000 sq ft facility: W2 Storyeum! This newsletter will help bring you up to speed on major developments that have been taking place for our rapidly growing organisation.

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on May 22, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Future Everything and W2 present GloNet on May 13

W2 is excited to connect with Future Everything Festival and a global audience for networked dialogue.

It is taking place online and at W2 on Thursday, May 13, from 8am-1pm, at W2 Storyeum, 151 W Cordova. There will be complimentary breakfast served, and please scroll down for the morning's schedule.

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on May 9, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Spam robots hit W2 online community

UPDATE AS OF MARCH 26 due to heavy spamming by new members. Folks need to be approved by W2 before they can join. One quick n easy step.
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You may have been hit up by one of our members luring you to check out some spam... yes you know the kind. Our community managers do a great job managing our community and deleting profiles of potential spammers and fake profiles. Lately it has been getting pretty intens… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on March 16, 2010 at 10:30pm — 11 Comments

Challenge for Change Book Launch March 22

W2 is pleased to host the book launch for Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada. Join us 5-8pm on March 22 for screenings, discussions and light refreshments with editors Thomas Waugh, Ezra Winton and CFC/SN d

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on March 10, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Original School for Contemporary Arts comes back to life for SFU students

After an epic Olympic month with 35 events in 24 days we are remodelling and getting ready for our SFU exhibitions! On Friday night, March 5, W2 invites you to tour the art works throughout the ground, mezzanine, second, and third floors of our 13,000 sq ft heritage building.
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Added by Irwin Oostindie on March 5, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

SFU students vote in referendum March 16-18 on W2 financing

W2 provides SFU students a space to mix and create with Woodward's community

In the summer of 2010, W2 will move its media programs across the street to the Woodward's heritage building (next to SFU's new home). From within that 8,800 sf facility, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) and W2 are partnering up to provide a mixed space for DTES residents and SFU students with the W2 Cafe and W2… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on March 5, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Break the Ice and support an interaction with Montreal

W2 requires 8 volunteers to perform 2 shifts each (or more) to facilitate audience interaction with a media installation produced by our friends Society of Arts & Technology (SAT) of Montreal. I shot a brief mobile video demo of the install here. Following the Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition (CODE) festival at Great Northern Way Campus

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on February 11, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

W2 SFU Student Club Meetup

You are invited to a W2 SFU Student Club Meetup this week at SFU Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2-3pm at MBC 2296 • Maggie Benston Building. This is a chance to find out more about W2's planning with SFU School for Contemporary Arts for the new downtown Woodward’s campus. 800 SFU students will be onsite everyday in the Downtown Eastside, and together we will contribute to building a dynamic community at t… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on January 26, 2010 at 9:50am — No Comments

Call out for Fresh Organizers!

Fresh Media Olympics Conference organizers are inviting people to assist the Conference Advisory Committee and W2 staff in producing this exciting February 22nd event. Planning Meetings are taking place every Thursday from 7-9pm at the W2 Culture + Media House, 112 W Hastings (across from Woodward's). Everyone is invited! The Planning Ctte is a mix of volunteers and (honorarium) paid support staff. To get involved in any capacity, register… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on January 26, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Hot One Inch Action MEDALISTS

Ever wonder what doesn’t make it into one of Vancouver's hottest art parties each year?! Curators Jim and Chris 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 the opening weekend of our 2010 operations, W2 asked them to chose 50 buttons not in the first-cut for the 2004-2009 shows to be MEDALISTS. It aint… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on December 29, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Launch date: 01.01.10

As reported in the Globe & Mail and by Bob Mackin in 24 Hours, W2 will open its doors… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on December 14, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Paper Tigers Closes Friday

This month W2 has been honoured to host and exhibit internationally renowned printmaker Favianna Rodriguez (Oakland, CA) and indigenous artists Tania Willard (Secwepemc) and Marika Swan (Tla-o-qui-aht) in our Perel Gallery. The exhibit features collaborative works produced by the artists-in-residence earlier in November, and a large body of print works produced during community letterpress and print workshops with The Power of Women Group (DTES Women's Centre), local DTES kids, plus additional… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on December 7, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Mobile*Native welcomes Antoni Abad

W2 hosts Barcelona-based mobile artist-in-residence Antoni Abad from November 28th - December 12th for our fledgling Mobile*Native program.

Our Mobile*Native collaborative project connecting W2 and Megafone.net engages local First Nations youth in dig… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on December 2, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Welcoming our new neighbour London Drugs to the 'hood. Now open.

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Added by Irwin Oostindie on December 1, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Saturday W2 Benefit featuring El Papa Chango (San Fran)

We are pleased to copresent El Papa Chango for a fundraiser this Saturday night at the W2 Perel Building. We invite you to COME IN FROM THE COLD with tonight's special lineup, with proceeds to W2 Community Media Arts Society. Tickets $15 at the door, 112 West Hastings, just across the street from Woo… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on November 16, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Hot One Inch Action coming to W2

Next Saturday is one of my favourite night's on Vancouver's arts calendar. It's Hot One Inch Action and a night where artists come together, people mingle and crash thru the alienation of urban life. Talk to strangers, make friends, share a… Continue

Added by Irwin Oostindie on October 30, 2009 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments