Global Lives Project

October 25–December 29, 2017

This collaborative video project captures twenty-four hours in the lives of diverse individuals across the globe.

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Behind the scenes with the Global Lives Project in Indonesia, 2008. Photo: Antonius Riva Setiawan.

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Sunday, December 3, 2 PM
Discussion: The Global Lives Project

Global Lives founder David Evan Harris, filmmakers Naomi Ture and Daniel Chein, and webmaster Benn Meyers (Shishin Junsei) present video clips and offer their perspectives on the project.

BAMPFA
Fridays, November 3–December 29, 5 PM
Global Lives Project in Theater 2

Explore the diversity of human experience with videos from the Global Lives Project, which capture twenty-four hours in the lives of individuals around the globe.

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Global Lives Project

October 25–December 29, 2017

The Global Lives Project is a video library of life experience created by the Global Lives Collective, a loose-knit network of filmmakers, photographers, translators, and everyday people from around the world. These collaborators curate an ever-expanding collection of films that faithfully capture twenty-four continuous hours in the lives of individuals around the globe. The project explores the diversity of human experience through the medium of video and encourages discussion, reflection, and inquiry about the wide variety of cultures, ethnicities, languages, and religions on this planet. Ultimately, Global Lives seeks to foster empathy and cross-cultural understanding.

Videos from the Global...

Videos from the Global Lives Project are presented continuously on the Collection Portal digital screen on BAMPFA’s lower level, with additional screenings in Theater 2 every Friday from 5 to 8:30 p.m. between November 3 and December 29. Works from Global Lives will also be presented at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 2017–18.

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Global Lives Project is organized for BAMPFA by Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder, and presented in collaboration with UC Berkeley partners the Center for Social Sector Leadership at the Haas School of Business, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute, and the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The project is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, David Eckles Fund for Diversity and Social Impact, Adobe Foundation, Jacob L. and Lillian Holtzmann Foundation, and more than 500 individual donors.

Global Lives Project

October 25–December 29, 2017

Past Events

Discussion: The Global Lives Project

Global Lives Project in Theater 2