Inspired by the Walking Tour brochure produced by the SFU labour
history department in the early 1990s, this map shows the 20 sites
featured on the Eastside of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
On February 7th 2009, 20 Downtown Eastside videographers will stream the 20 sites live to the Gallery Gachet at 88 East Cordova in Vancouver, and worldwide via http://fearlesscity.ca/.
Attend, watch, comment via the map or visit us on the web - http://fearlesscity.ca/. - between 11 and 12 Pacific Standard Time on Saturday February 7th 2009
On February 7th 2009, 20 Downtown Eastside videographers will stream the 20 sites live to the Gallery Gachet at 88 East Cordova in Vancouver, and worldwide via http://fearlesscity.ca/.
Attend, watch, comment via the map or visit us on the web - http://fearlesscity.ca/. - between 11 and 12 Pacific Standard Time on Saturday February 7th 2009
Live Event: February 7th, 10am to 12am, venue for live streaming, vjs, pancake breakfast and live event
Gallery Gachet
88 E Cordova St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1K2, CA
ph: 604.687.2468
It's often said that if we ignore our history we are doomed to repeat88 E Cordova St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1K2, CA
ph: 604.687.2468
it. By recognizing and recording the stories of 20 sites in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, mobile videographers connect past to present, creating an opening for informed reflection on the future. This crossmedia exhibition and web project remixes Labour, Work, and Working People: A Working Class and Labour History Walking Tour using Web 2.0 strategies to expand the number of voices heard and stories told.
Using
the latest in digital technology, live video streams tell tales of 20
DTES sites through enduring memories of Vancouver's labour history.
Videographers present the history and context of each site and reveal
new relationships with contemporary players. Strikes, lockouts,
evictions, state suspicion, attacks on working class movements, markers
of
a death - each site has a unique role to play in the story of the
neighbourhood. New tools are being used to harness history and bring it forward with mobile devices, wireless networks, live screens and video mixers.
Following a live event on Saturday, Feb. 7, the public is invited to interact with a month-long gallery installation and add to the stories, while our collective knowledge of DTES history deepens as it is reinterpreted through a digital lens.
a death - each site has a unique role to play in the story of the
neighbourhood. New tools are being used to harness history and bring it forward with mobile devices, wireless networks, live screens and video mixers.
Following a live event on Saturday, Feb. 7, the public is invited to interact with a month-long gallery installation and add to the stories, while our collective knowledge of DTES history deepens as it is reinterpreted through a digital lens.
Continue reading Downtown Eastside History sites streamed live 11 am February 7th 2009 .
