Congratulations to JR, the 2011 TED prize winner
Posted by David on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 9:42 AM.
TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES" from SOCIAL ANIMALS on Vimeo.
" WOMEN ARE HEROES - Part of 28 Millimètres project by JR
More infos on the website : http://www.womenareheroes.be
Film by JR
JR is a guerrilla artist that I first heard about when he did his Portrait of a Generation project: Taking photos of kids from the poor Parisian suburbs making crazy faces and posting ENORMOUS prints in the wealthy districts of Paris. This new project is a nice evolution of that one.
The New York Times has more info: Award to Artist Who Gives Slums a Human Face