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I didn’t create this graphic nor do I often post inspirational quotes but this has been with me for years. Where it may be applicable for life I use it as a method for making art. When I get interested in something I keep pushing through it until I bust through. When you “bust through”, and you’re an artist, what comes out the other end is art. I was interested in interactivity, so I made interactive art. I enjoyed video games, so I became a video landscape photographer. I’m interested in social networks, so I made my own, GLOBALL. I love film and now I’m writing screenplays and soon to direct. My recreations became my occupation. On the other hand, if you’re suspicious of something then you might be the most qualified person to make that thing. You’re take will be unique and probably speak to many people. I.e. I was curious about social networks/media but unhappy with with parts of Facebook, so I made GLOBALL. It’s a social network that is very “Oliver”. Try it out. Break on through to the other side.
GLOBALL Rover OUTTAKES 2018! Every film, album, or book has deleted scenes, tracks or passages. GLOBALL Rover in 2018 was no exception. Please enjoy a cross section of the Rover's journey through restaurants and theaters, to the Ready Player One premiere, past Godzilla and even landing near a Cheech and Chong lamp - all Tokyo style. Also, please feel free to follow the journey on Twitter @wheresgloball and on your laptop at www.wheresgloball.com. Looking forward to new places and adventures in 2019! #wheresgloball #wanderlust #coddiwomple #shareadventure #diy #adventurers #travelerslife #godzilla #readyplayerone #stevenspielberg #shinjuku #tokyo #cheechandchong #share #happynewyears
What do you share in common with our GLOBALLers? Read more about all of them at www.wheresgloball.com under GLOBALLers. #wheresgloball #shareadventure #coddiwomple #wanderlust #godzilla #tohostudios #traveller_art #connectivity #againstracism
The GLOBALL Rover has been passed!! Robin, the latest GLOBALL recipient, took it for a walk to the Shinjuku district of Tokyo! Look for more soon! www.wheresgloball.com
A Nepalese gentleman named Robin currently has the GLOBALL Rover! He’s down for the count with busted ribs. Tough times happen and never at the right time. Let’s give him our best wishes. Speedy recovery like an arriving Shinkansen Robin! #getwellsoon #wanderluster #shareadventure
It’s been a little tough going getting people motivated to pass the GLOBALL Rover, or show their face, or find people to pass it to. At this point in the journey, it’s all about learning but it’s still a little rocky. Not giving up though! Onward and upward. #shareadventure
Share a story about a good friend. GLOBALL maquette. #shareadventure
The GLOBALL Rover is currently in Japon. Who doesn’t like old maps? Featured here with the new pin. #wheresgloball #coddiwomple #laseretching #frenchstuff #lasercutting #oldmaps
If GLOBALL has one lesson it’s this: Please remember to share. #sharestories #sharethings #shareideas #shareadventure
Building the model for GLOBALL. Thank you @thebuildshop for #lasercutting and #laseretching. #maker #artist
I’m making a maquette for a possible presentation of GLOBALL. Here is a small section of the design, with the logo in my own handwriting. More soon. #wheresgloball #shareadventure #playtheworld #coddiwomple #fernweh #yūgen #safari #peregrine #illustrator #imac #designisinthedetails
From New York to Tokyo! The GLOBALL Rover has travelled nearly 8,000 miles! It has currently landed with a new person. More details coming soon. #coddiwomple #sonder #fernweh #yūgen #vacilando #safari #peregrine
The world cup is half full. Play the world. Share adventure. #wheresgloball #worldcup
From an email I sent the former holder of the GLOBALL Rover, Yue: "GLOBALL is about connecting people throughout the world with one another. One day, someone, like you, will get the GLOBALL. They will be shy, or maybe a horder like you said, and maybe they won't want their picture taken either. Then they will see your picture and know that someone in the world is like them. But they might be African, or a man, or very old, or gay. They may be very different from you but they will find a connection with someone special...YOU! :) This will give them peace. Thank you for helping make peace in the world Yue." The next day, after having the GLOBALL Rover for several months, Yue spontaneously handed it off to her friend Saory. I think we can make the world beautiful if we work together. #shareadventure #wheresgloball #traveller_stories #sharing #friendshipgoals #diy #socialnetwork #conceptualart #immersiveart #globetrotter #wanderlust #coddiewomple
#tbt to when I was on TV! TakePart Live featured GLOBALL for a five minute interview. Whew! Fun and nervewracking! Thanks to @christophersaunders_studio for setting it up and @temisgalindo for hanging out. Great to meet you @jacobsoboroff! #wheresgloball #shareadventure #playtheworld #wanderlust #coddiewomple #livetv #interviewready #socialnetwork #conceptualartist

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GLOBALL: SOURCING WOOD FROM ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS!

October 27, 2013

Trees Are Awesome

There’s a history book in your yard. That history book is a tree and trees are awesome. Trees show their own history in the growth rings around their core, which you can see when they’re beheaded (or core samples are taken (preferable)). Those rings can reveal climate changes, sunspot activity, nearby forest fires and all kinds of environmental activity over hundreds and in some special cases, thousands of years.

Wood also feels good to the touch. There’s something about it that’s unlike anything man made. I’m from an era when TVs, cars, heck, even video games had wood paneling. You’re kitchen and basement walls were made of wood and your giant spoons and best of all, your toilet seats. All this wood in my own personal history intermingled with wood’s own history got me thinking about GLOBALL. 

Why GLOBALLs Are Made Out of Wood From All Seven Continents

If I made the GLOBALLs out of wood it would solve a lot of problems and do something rather unique. I could carve them the way I wanted using a 3D mitering saw and laser engrave them with my text and pictograms, making what I hope is a beautiful object.

I could get the wood from each of the 7 continents, one different type of wood for each ball. This way, as the balls travel, they could have a chance of returning home. I know there’s no trees on Antarctica but a lot of trees found in forests in the southern hemisphere migrated from the forests, yes, FORESTS, which originally covered Antarctica thousands of years ago. Despite all of these great qualities, the best, most unique thing about using wood is YOU. 

 

As the GLOBALLs travel, they will get touched by a lot of people. As each person checks them out, they will leave the oil from their skin on the wood surface making them darker and darker. Each ball’s logo, texts and pictograms are not only engraved but have parts that will be painted white. Therefore, the darker the balls become and the more the white parts have higher and higher contrast. So in a sense, the passing between you folks records the passing between you folks! 

It’s kind of neat: the wood has an inherent history, the GLOBALLS are going to record a new history and (cross your fingers and toes) maybe even make history. ; )

Side note: this tree is my age. : /

I need your help to make Globall a reality. Visit the Indiegogo Campaign. 

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