Electronic Press Kit

The Global Lives Project is a collective effort of more than 150 volunteer filmmakers, artists, architects, programmers and everyday people from around the world to build and display a video library of human life experience. Our work is presented both online and in the form of site-specific video installations and screenings which have been held in Brazil, Japan, the United States, and soon Singapore and China.

 

Our goal is to challenge our viewers to step out of their own realities and into the lives of diverse individuals from all walks of life from around the globe. By doing this, we aim to provoke people to rethink their relationship with the world and break down barriers between cultures, classes and nations.

 

To learn more about the Global Lives Project, check out the following resources:

 

Video: Welcome to the Global Lives Project (03:07)

 

Audio: Interview with Global Lives Project Executive Director, David Evan Harris. Sapporo, Japan - 2008-07-30

 

Text: "Global Lives at a global iSummit" iCommons.org - 2008-07-16

 

Slideshow: Photos from iCommons installation, Sapporo, Japan. (high resolution) - 2008-07-30

 

Text & Slideshow: Street Cinema in Brazil - Global Lives Screening in São Paulo (high resolution) - 2008-04-05

 

Text: Global Lives Project: Recording the lives of 10 people for 1 day Global Voices Online (translations in Arabic, Macedonian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Malagasy) - 2008-07-06

 

Slideshow: New York City Global Lives Screening - 2008-04-16