After almost 3 years of support and love from our co-working space at pariSoma Innovation Loft, Global Lives is now moving to our very own office at the Ninth Street […]
► Full StoryApril 1, 2013
Blog
March 28, 2013
Project
How Ten Shoots Can Describe the World
Have you ever wondered how the Global Lives Project selects the people it follows? Participants are not just randomly selected. People who choose to share their life with the project […]
► Full StoryMarch 14, 2013
Project
How to Make a Global Lives Shoot: India
In 2009, Ruhie Kumar co-produced (and was a videographer for!) a Global Lives shoot that took place in India. She spoke with me about navigating the complications that came with […]
► Full StoryMarch 8, 2013
Project
How to Make a Global Lives Shoot: Kazakhstan
Simone Goldsmith produced the tenth and final shoot in the first series of Global Lives curated shoots. Here she talks about the struggle to find a participant to follow and […]
► Full StoryFebruary 27, 2013
Opportunity
Call for entries is now open for BAYMN FEST: Deadline April 1, 2013
BAYMN FEST is a free two-day interactive showcase of media produced by youth ages 12–24 hosted at the San Francisco Public Library. Presented by BAYMN (The Bay Area Youth Media Network) and […]
► Full StoryFebruary 12, 2013
Announcement
Global Lives Project has a new look!
A beta version of the new Global Lives Project website is up! We’ve dramatically improved navigation, added resources for producers and educators, and made it easier to search for clips […]
► Full StoryFebruary 1, 2013
Project
“Lives in Transit” Moves Forward
Our “Lives in Transit” Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 for our National Endowment for the Arts matching grant was a resounding success. We blew past our goal and received more […]
► Full StoryJanuary 11, 2013
Press
@GlobalLives Kickstarter Shakes up the Twitterverse!
Follow the coverage of Global Lives Project’s Kickstarter campaign on Twitter. [View the story “@GlobalLives Kickstarter Shakes up the Twitterverse! #LivesInTransit” on Storify]
► Full StoryDecember 23, 2012
Publication
Excerpt: The Nature of the Future by Marina Gorbis
The following is an excerpt from Marina Gorbis’ new book, The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World, coming out in April 2013 from Simon & Schuster. Published […]
► Full StoryJuly 19, 2012
Press
A Tale of Three Peripheries
We are excited to have an essay on Global Lives Project published by the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt in conjunction with their new Design with the Other 90%: CITIES exhibition!
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