Undocumented lives, inside out
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0:03 - 0:05JR: Art is not supposed
to change the world. -
0:05 - 0:09But art can change
the way we see the world. -
0:09 - 0:10(Music)
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0:16 - 0:17So now my wish is ...
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0:19 - 0:23for you to stand up
for what you care about -
0:24 - 0:27by participating in a global art project.
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0:30 - 0:35And together, we'll turn
the world inside out. -
0:35 - 0:37[Great big story
in partnership with TED] -
0:37 - 0:40Narrator: They had a big idea
to change the world. -
0:41 - 0:43But they couldn't do it alone.
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0:43 - 0:47(Voices overlapping)
So, my wish ... My wish ... I wish ... -
0:47 - 0:49And now, here's my wish.
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0:50 - 0:51[Torchbearers]
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0:51 - 0:53[Ideas in action]
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0:53 - 0:55(Camera clicking)
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0:55 - 0:58JR: My name is JR,
I like to call myself an artist. -
1:01 - 1:03There are two ways
of thinking about my work. -
1:03 - 1:07The easy way is just -- I'm papering
black-and-white images on walls. -
1:08 - 1:11But I believe my work
is about connecting people. -
1:13 - 1:15For me, it's the power
of bringing people together. -
1:18 - 1:21I went there to do art projects
with the community. -
1:21 - 1:24Now I realize that the community
wanted to do art projects -
1:24 - 1:26even more than I wanted.
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1:26 - 1:28And I started thinking:
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1:28 - 1:31Why I don't take myself
out of the equation and let them do it? -
1:33 - 1:35So the wish was pretty simple:
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1:35 - 1:37we just put up a website
and you can send us your photo -
1:37 - 1:41for whatever you believe in
or whatever you want to fight for; -
1:41 - 1:44we'll send you back
your photo in large format, -
1:44 - 1:46wherever you are in the world.
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1:48 - 1:52Every day, I see rolls leaving
around the world. -
1:56 - 1:59The project went much further
than the places I've been, -
1:59 - 2:01and that shows the power of art.
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2:01 - 2:04And the Photobooths truck
is the magic of it. -
2:04 - 2:05(Music)
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2:12 - 2:15Luana: We're a team of four
traveling in the Photobooths truck: -
2:15 - 2:16Josh, Basel, Jamie and I.
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2:16 - 2:19Jamie: To pose,
they should look like this. -
2:19 - 2:20(Laughter)
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2:21 - 2:23We are using two of these trucks
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2:23 - 2:25to cover 30 cities around America.
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2:27 - 2:31Luana: We're just a tool for people
that want to send a positive message. -
2:32 - 2:34Jamie: Step inside
and take a seat over here. -
2:34 - 2:36Once the truck is ready and running,
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2:36 - 2:38anyone can come.
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2:41 - 2:42Wait for the flash.
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2:42 - 2:43(Music)
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2:44 - 2:45(Camera clicking)
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2:48 - 2:51Touch the screen, take your picture,
type in information. -
2:54 - 2:56In a matter of a minute or so,
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2:57 - 2:59we print on the side, three by four feet.
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2:59 - 3:02No one is used to seeing
their face so big. -
3:03 - 3:06Woman: Oh yeah,
there's my funny face for you. -
3:06 - 3:08Jamie: The truck has this magic
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3:08 - 3:11about bringing photography
back to the print. -
3:13 - 3:14Then the posters go to the wall.
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3:15 - 3:19We use wallpaper glue,
put them up and that's it. -
3:24 - 3:27We printed more
than 300,000 faces already. -
3:28 - 3:31And we sent them
to more than 130 countries. -
3:31 - 3:33(Music)
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3:40 - 3:41Luana: It's the people's art project.
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3:42 - 3:43We don't decide the message.
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3:43 - 3:47It can be political,
to bring attention to issues. -
3:47 - 3:50Jamie: I love the idea of using
photography to promote change. -
3:51 - 3:54This specific project
is to raise awareness -
3:54 - 3:56about the DREAMers situation.
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3:58 - 4:01Karina Ruiz: INSIDE OUT is bringing
the opportunity for DREAMers like myself, -
4:01 - 4:06a person that came here at young age
to have a better future, -
4:06 - 4:09to come out and give a face to the issue.
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4:10 - 4:13Vianey Perez: When people drive by
and they see a lot of faces, -
4:13 - 4:17they're going to get curious
and they're going to wonder who they are. -
4:19 - 4:21That's the face to the issue.
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4:22 - 4:23To humanize it.
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4:23 - 4:25(Music)
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4:29 - 4:32JR: You do think that just pasting
an image up there might have no impact, -
4:32 - 4:34but it does have an impact.
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4:34 - 4:38You cannot know when and how,
but it's worth trying. -
4:42 - 4:44Jamie: It all starts
with believing. Right? -
4:44 - 4:48And so, if you don't believe
that you can make change, -
4:48 - 4:49change will never happen.
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4:49 - 4:54Even if it's a very small change
in one person, that's a positive change. -
4:56 - 4:58This is not about JR anymore.
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4:58 - 5:02It's about everyone who believes
that art can change the world. -
5:05 - 5:09JR: I think that definitely art can change
the perception we have about the world. -
5:09 - 5:11And if we start seeing
the world differently, -
5:11 - 5:14maybe it's a good path
to start changing the world. -
5:22 - 5:27[Be a part of INSIDE OUT
InsideOutProject.net]
- Title:
- Undocumented lives, inside out
- Speaker:
- JR
- Description:
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JR launched the participatory art project INSIDE OUT to highlight our shared humanity. Travel with a group of people who packed up their lives and got on the INSIDE OUT bus, crossing the United States to capture portraits of undocumented people and those that support them.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TED Series
- Duration:
- 05:27
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