Announcing the 2013-2014 OpenDocLab Artist and Research Affiliates
The MIT Open Documentary Lab is pleased to announce its artist and research affiliates for the academic year 2013-2014. By participating in Lab activities, this inaugural group of artists, journalists, scholars, and technologists will explore the potential of new technologies as they collaborate with MIT researchers to shape the storytelling practices of the future. ...
Friday May 3 | Making Media Now 2013
Making Media Now is a fantastic annual Boston-based conference organized by Filmmakers Collaborative and hosted by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I attended last year and was blown away by the rich programming–the conference features everything from pitch sessions to a variety of panels focusing on topics like industry trends, digital storytelling and...
The OpenDocLab is the recipient of an NEA grant!
The MIT Open Documentary Lab is a recipient of an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts! The grant will help the lab build a curated online database of interactive documentaries. Gathering examples of interactive documentaries from around the world, the open documentary database will be fully searchable and will include key...
Wednesday May 1 | Boston Globe and the 68 Blocks Project
The Neighborhood Story: How Boston Globe Journalists Listened to One City Neighborhood Wednesday, May 1 6:00-8:00 pm MIT Media Lab, E14-525 The MIT Community Innovator’s Lab (CoLab) is sponsoring an event with the team behind the Boston Globe’s multimedia project, 68 Blocks, focused on Boston’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood. According to CoLab, In 2012, the Boston Globe...
Tuesday April 9 | Ricky on Leacock
Glorianna Davenport in conversation with filmmaker Jane Weiner Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 12-1:30 pm MIT Media Lab, E14-240 Please join Glorianna Davenport for a conversation with Jane Weiner about Jane’s new film Ricky on Leacock. Ricky Leacock, a father of the Cinema Verite movement, directed MIT’s illustrious Film Section and Film/Video Section from 1969-1987. Jane...
Wednesday April 24 | Localore @ MIT
Localore @ MIT Wednesday, April 24 12-1:30 pm at the MIT Open Documentary Lab MIT Building E15-331 Join us for a presentation and discussion with transmedia producers Todd Melby, Julia Kumari-Drapkin, and Ken Eklund, 3 of the 12 producers who led AIR’s nation-wide Localore initiative. They will discuss their projects and experiences using social media,...
