Street Artist’s Participatory Art Project Takes Shape Around the World [VIDEOS]

In the months since TED Prize Winner JR’s global participatory art project was announced, nearly 10,000 huge posters created from photos submitted by people around the world have been sent out as the French artist looks to transform urban landscapes with portraits.

Now, JR is starting to document what he calls the Inside Out Project through video uploaded by those that have taken to his call to action and pasted their portraits in the streets.

The YouTube channel, launched Thursday at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland, also includes a short film by Director Alastair Siddons, who will be releasing one new video each month documenting the project. The first film in the series shows how the project evolved in Tunisia following the country’s recent revolution.

You can see some of the videos below, with projects taking place in locations ranging from Bronx, NY to Lima, Peru:

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