Portals are gold spaces equipped with

immersive audiovisual technology.

When you enter a Portal, you come
face-to-face with someone in a distant
Portal and can converse live and
full-body, as if in the same room.
PORTALS COME IN MANY FORMS
INCLUDING CONTAINERS & INFLATABLES
“A quiet, personal, passionate revolution of connection.”
- Participant quote from among thousands of powerful reactions left in our gold books.

BUSES AND CONVERTED ROOMS

BUSES ARRIVE WITH POWER & INTERNET
“It’s an amazing technology…
I feel like you’re standing there right in front of me.”
- President Barack Obama

AND PORTAL_SCREENS
WHICH ARE FREESTANDING BIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO WALLS
PORTALS EXIST North America
Baltimore, MD
Chicago, IL
Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
Nairobi, Kenya

AROUND THE WORLD Colorado Springs, CO

New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Monrovia, Liberia

Middle East
Milwaukee, WI Amman, Jordan
Mission, TX Erbil, Iraq
San Francisco, CA Gaza, Palestine
Sari, Iran
Americas & Caribbean
San Pedro Sula, Honduras Australia
Havana, Cuba Adelaide, Australia
Mexico City, Mexico
Panama City, Panama Asia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Astana, Kazakhstan
Herat, Afghanistan
Europe Kabul, Afghanistan
Berlin, Germany Mumbai, India
Malaga, Spain Seoul, South Korea
London, UK Srinagar, India
Yangon, Myanmar
Italics and grey pins
signify potential
locations.
AT DIVERSE INSTITUTIONS
INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES, REFUGEE CAMPS, A PRISON, PARKS & TECH HUBS
Adelaide, Australia: Public park Kabul, Afghanistan: Turquoise Mountain, a crafts collective
Amman, Jordan: Refugee resettlement site and tech hub focused on regenerating Afghanistan's traditional arts and historic
Baltimore, USA: Lexington Market, one of America’s oldest markets areas
Berlin, Germany: Migration Hub, tech training for refugees Kigali, Rwanda: Kurema arts collective working to erase HIV/AIDS
Brookly, USA: New Lab, mechanical engineering tech hub stigma, plus a performance and co-working space
Chicago, USA: Mobile Mexico City, Mexico: Centro de Cultura Digital, a digital culture hub
Colorado Springs, USA: Public Park in the heart of Mexico City
San Pedro Sula, Honduras: OYE Program and School, focused on Malaga, Spain: Public park
educating and empowering disadvantaged youth in a high-crime city Mumbai, India: Mobil
Erbil, Iraq: UNICEF site in the Harsham Refugee and Internally Nairobi, Kenya: National University
Displaced Persons’ Camp with IDPs from ISIS-held Mosul New York, USA: Times Square
Gaza, Palestine: Sky Geeks, a startup accelerator Panama City, Panama: Multiplaza
Herat, Afghanistan: Hariwa University, a private college where about San Francisco, USA: Crissy Field
one third of the students are women who study medicine Srinagar, India: Theater
Sari, Iran: An experimental theater Yangon, Myanmar: Turning Tables, an organization that empowers
marginalized youth through music and film
 AND ARE STAFFED BY
DYNAMIC CURATORS
WHO FORM A TRUSTED, GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO
LEAD LOCAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
PROVIDE LIVE LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION,
AND PROGRAM DIALOGUES, CLASSES, AND EVENTS.
USE PORTALS TO LEARN & TEACH
Language Science & Technology
Practice a new language with Explore startup ideas with
native speakers. entrepreneurs in tech hubs from
Gaza City to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Current Events Arts & Culture

Learn about life in Havana, U.S. Dance and perform with others
police-community relations, and the refugee around the globe; write, rehearse,
crisis directly from those affected by the and perform new theater
events of the day. productions; create a dance cipher.

Research World History

Set up a research prompt and listen to Learn about Afghan, Syrian, or Rwandan
anonymized transcripts of conversations history from former mujahideen
on that topic from Portals around the fighters, refugees from the DRC, and
world. Syrian historians.
DESIGN & CREATE
Design New Products Develop Enterprises
Design, code, and build new products Share ideas, pitch to investors, and
with innovators around the globe. build your team.

Create New Performances Gain Mentorship

Perform for live audiences of thousands Engage world leaders through
around the world and interact directly special Portal events.
afterwards.

Create Artwork Grow Businesses

Make original works of art in the Portal, Explore growth opportunities
including paintings, sculptures, and virtual around the world in industries from
creations. software to tourism.
PLAY & CONNECT
Connect Fans
Connect fans around a major global event,
from a film festival to rock concert.
Launch Conversations
Launch a global conversation on any topic,
from climate change to video games, and
stream them before global audiences.
Host Performances
Watch global performances live and
interact with global talent.
Bring Supporters to Causes
Connect donors and concerned citizens
directly to people affected by the issues
you are trying to address.
Celebrate
Host regular dance parties,
interactive gaming days, storytelling
competitions, and idea pitch events.
Hack the Portal
Integrate VR, AR, haptic, 3D
printing, and spatial scanning into
your Portal experience.
Painting between Mexico City, Mexico and Dancing from Herat, Afghanistan to Miami, USA Yoga classes from Kigali, Rwanda and Mumbai,
Chicago, USA during Chicago Ideas Week 2016 during Art Basel Miami Beach 2015. India to Chicago and Washington DC, USA.
Notable
GOLD BOOK
Guests
REACTIONS
REACTIONS
When participants leave Portals, they are invited to write
in gold pen in our gold books. We have thousands of
powerful essays written by people uniquely moved. You
can find them at www.SharedStudios.com/Reactions.

"Mind blowing.... You are opening your soul

and your thoughts to another human being."

"I will be thinking about my "Profoundly “An exquisite and unforgettable

conversation for a long time"
beautiful...exactly what experience.”
social media technology
should be used for."
"The Portal is a gift of presence, connection
and oneness."
“Can you please install these all over the
world?”

"Getting to know him briefly has been a highlight of my life."

"We saw a lot of killing in front of us in Mosul,

but now we have a better life in the camp. I hope
to come here every day and see my lovely
friends in the Portal."

"I wish this was compulsory education in high schools."

“A purer experience”
Notable
GOLD BOOK
Guests
REACTIONS
NOTABLE GUESTS

Politics & Diplomacy Media & Entertainment Art & Culture Technology & Academia

Barack Obama Ewan McGregor Tania Bruguera Sergey Brin

Ban Ki-moon Fareed Zakaria Jonah Bokaer Steve Case
Haider al-Abadi Chris Wallace Peggy Cooper Cafritz Robert Post
John Kerry Josh Radnor Mary Ellen Carroll Thomas Banchoff
Penny Pritzker Doug Liman Titus Kaphar Amy Chua
Samantha Power Morgan Spurlock Damian Woetzel Jed Rubenfeld
Bert Koenders Daymond John Lilly Wei Pascal Finette
Melinda Gates Ayman Mohyeldin Keller Easterling Doris Sommer
GOLD BOOK REACTIONS
Events
EVENTS
Times Square (10/17)
Smithsonian’s Freer | Sackler Museum (10/17)
European Parliament World Refugee Day (6/17)
TED 2017 Vancouver (4/17)
Skoll World Forum (4/17)
Grand Park Los Angeles (4/17)
Baltimore Light City (3/17)
SXSW Festival (3/17)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (1/17)
Mumbai Marathon (1/17)
European Parliament 2016 (12/16)
United Nations General Assembly (10/16)
Chicago Ideas Week (10/16)
U.S. Institute of Peace (10/16)
Women Moving Million (9/17)
Aspen Ideas Festival (7/16)
U.S. Congress (6/16)
Global Entrepreneurship Summit (6/16)
Sundance Film Festival 2016 (1/16)
World Humanitarian Summit 2015 (10/15)
SelectBOOK
GOLD PressREACTIONS
(150+ more at www.SharedStudios.com)
PRESS
Portals have been covered by more than 150
news outlets around the globe and across
print, TV, radio, and web.

Explore 150+ more articles and TV clips at at

www.SharedStudios.com/Press.
 Numbers
GOLD BOOK REACTIONS
NUMBERS

25 650,000/day 15,000/month 25,000/month

Portals around the world in Average global foot traffic Intimate, one-on-one, People participating in group
high-profile locations such as the past Portal locations. 20-minute Portal dialogues classes, events and performances
United Nations Headquarters between strangers (YTD, at Portals (YTD, 40,000+)
20,000+)

12 15,000 14,500+ 15,000+ 10,000

Average organic press Branded pamphlets Members of our opt-in Facebook followers Powerful written
coverage per new activation handed out per month mailing list testimonials in our gold
books
BRANDING
Exterior Branding
Place your logo on the front doors of our Portals to promote your
brand. Also, get signage outside our Portal locations. Digital
welcome screens within the Portal experience also available.

Live Stream & Record

Engage large, global audiences in real time through live streaming.
Content can also be recorded and edited for future use.
Shared_Studios can curate particular encounters and dialogues and
can edit content daily for posting.

Deep, Local Outreach

Our Portal Curators from around the world amplify your outreach
efforts within their geographic markets and social networks.

Sponsored Custom Programming

We can tap into our global network to program custom dialogues,
events, and performances around the world tied to your brand.
FROM OCT 10 - NOV 21, 2017, A PORTAL WILL SIT IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE
AND ONE WALL WILL BE COVERED IN LIVE, BI-DIRECTIONAL PORTAL_SCREENS
EACH WEEK WE WILL HOST GLOBAL EVENTS SUCH AS SHARED_MEALS, DANCES,
COMEDY NIGHTS, AND HACKATHONS. JOIN US AS A PARTNER OR SPONSOR!
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