Presentation by Editor Andy Miah for the British Library

On 19 May, 2010, the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG)  launched the Olympic and Paralympic Mascots. Their design is in keeping with London’s pursuit of postmodern iconography, which has created an absence of locative symbols through which outsiders can interpret the 2012 Games. This approach to imaging the Games was most clearly articulated three years ago, with the launch of the logo, which also attracted attention for its avant-garde structure and unique functional property of maintaining its visual integrity even without the Olympic rings (see Miah 2007).
Similarly, …

In the past month since Vancouver 2010 came to a close, London 2012 has made important strides in its progress towards its Games. It has appointed a new director for the Cultural Olympiad, Ruth Mackenzie, it’s been under fire for equivocating on the use of the concept ‘Cultural Olympiad’, and it has just approved the design of Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit‘ viewing tower for the Olympic Park (pictured). It will be the largest public art work in the UK, though has already attracted controversy. Regardless of your aesthetic taste, the headline …

Here’s a great film about the Vancouver 2010 Social Media coverage. Highlights include recognition that citizen journalists gave the Paralympic Games a profile, when broadcasters fail. As well, recognition of the different roles of citizen and investigative journalists.

Another Olympic Games has drawn to a close. Thanks so much to all of our new friends, especially W2 and, in particular, Irwin Oostindie, Lianne Payne. As well, thanks to Steve Kammerer, Jessica Compton and Kelly, Liz Schulze, Carolyn Liu and Jim Rupert who helped our massive team with accommodation. Finally, thanks also to the Abandon Normal Devices Festival and the Carnegie Trust. We will continue to post items about Vancouver 2010 over the next few months, keeping track of what happened for many years to come. Enjoy the Paralympic …

This is the 2nd of several Vancouver 2010 Olympics photo essays created by Kris Krüg.

Vancouver is filled with energy now that 2010 Winter Olympic Games has officially started. The last week has been filled with the excited fervor of the last month and anticipation of the upcoming weeks. Here is a photographic look into the last week of adventure and celebrations, before the officially opening of the Games in Vancouver.

The Olympic torch was carried downhill on the Blackcomb mountain by world champion and olympiad Steve Podborski. Steve won a bronze …

This photo essay originally posted over at Kris Krüg’s Vancouver photography blog Static.

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are upon us and things are heating up around Vancouver. You can feel the energy in the city as all the last minute details are pulled together for this huge event. The team at Static Photography has been out and about making photos of all the action and we have pulled together some of our favorites. You can find more Vancouver 2010 photos than you know what to do with here, but for …

This page is your reference to the events we know that are happening, but which are off the beaten track, particularly of interest to those seeking an alternative Olympic Games experience. We’ll post info about the local community event from the entire range of political perspectives, from the celebratory to the critical.

Continuing from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Andy Miah, Co-Editor in Chief for C@tO, will be writing again for the Huffington Post during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. The HuffPo is one of the USA’s leading political blogs, recognized as the second leading in 2009 by TIME magazine. We’ll be featuring some of these posts during Games time.

During Vancouver 2010, C@tO will be working with W2 in Vancouver to run a series of debates and the Fresh Media conference on 22nd February. The focus for this conference will be to discuss how the media is changing and bringing about change via new, social and traditional forms of journalism.
Speakers are now being confirmed and will likely include a range of people from the Vancouver new media community, professional journalists covering the Games, international experts on Olympic media and students from the BC area. For more information, see below …