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JR: Art is not supposed
to change the world.

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But art can change
the way we see the world.

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(Music)

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So now my wish is ...

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for you to stand up
for what you care about

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by participating in a global art project.

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And together, we'll turn
the world inside out.

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[Great big story
In partnership with TED]

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Narrator: They had a big idea
to change the world.

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But they couldn't do it alone.

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(Overlapping voices): So my wish ...
My wish ... I wish ... So now my wish ...

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And now, here's my wish.

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[Torchbearers]

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[Ideas in action]

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(Camera clicking)

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JR: My name is JR,
I like to call myself an artist.

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There are two ways
of thinking about my work.

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The easy way is just -- I'm papering
black-and-white images on walls.

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But I believe my work
is about connecting people.

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For me, it's the power
of bringing people together.

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I went there to do art projects
with the community.

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Now I realize that the community
wanted to do art projects

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even more than I wanted.

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And I started thinking:

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Why I don't take myself
out of the equation and let them do it?

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So the wish was pretty simple:

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we just put up a website
and you can send us your photo

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for whatever you believe in
or whatever you want to fight for;

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we'll send you back
your photo in large format,

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wherever you are in the world.

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Every day, I see rolls living
around the world.

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The project went much further
than the places I've been,

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and that shows the power of art.

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And the Photobooths truck
is the magic of it.

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(Music)

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Luana: We're a team of four
traveling in the Photobooths truck:

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Josh, Basel, Jamie and I.

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Jamie: To pose,
they should look like this.

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(Laughter)

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We are using two of these trucks

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to cover 30 cities around America.

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Luana: We're just a tool for people
that want to send a positive message.

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Jamie: Step inside
and take a seat over here.

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Once the truck is ready and running,

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anyone can come.

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Wait for the flash.

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(Music)

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(Camera clicking)

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Touch the screen, take your picture,
type in information.

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No matter [unclear]

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We print on the side, three by four feet.

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No one is used to seeing
their face so big.

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Woman: Oh yeah,
there's my funny face for you.

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Jamie: The truck has this magic

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about bringing photography
back to the print.

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Then the posters go to the wall.

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We use wallpaper glue,
put them up and that's it.

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We printed more
than 300,000 faces already.

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And we sent them
to more than 130 countries.

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(Music)

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Luana: It's the people's art project.

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We don't decide the message.

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It can be political,
to bring attention to issues.

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Jamie: I love the idea of using
photography to promote change.

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This specific project
is to raise awareness

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about the DREAMers situation.

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Karina Ruiz: Inside Out is bringing
the opportunity for DREAMers like myself,

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a person that came here at young age
to have a better future,

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to come out and give a face to the issue.

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Vianey Perez: When people drive by
and they see a lot of faces,

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they're going to get curious
and they're going to wonder who they are.

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That's the face to the issue.

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To humanize it.

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(Music)

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JR: You do think that just pasting
an image up there might have no impact,

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but it does have an impact.

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You cannot know when and how,
but it's worth trying.

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Jamie: It all starts
with believing. Right?

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And so, if you don't believe
that you can make a change,

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change will never happen.

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Even if it's a very small change
in one person, that's a positive change.

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This is not about JR anymore.

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It's about everyone who believes
that art can change the world.

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JR: I think that definitely art can change
the perception we have about the world.

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And if we start seeing
the world differently,

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maybe it's a good path
to start changing the world.

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[Great big story x TED]