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Paris Street Artist JR’s “Les Bosquets” Movie to Debut at Tribeca Film Fest in Short Documentaries—Music by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Woodkid

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JR, the Paris-based steet artist that won a TED Award and has since been continuing to expose at-risk communities around the world through his art, will be debuting his short documentary based on “Les Bosquets” and Potraits of a Generation during the Tribeca Film Festival in April. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams […]

Chrome Browser X Mobile Phone Interactive Sky Sculpture Launches TED’s 30th Anniversary

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In a very fitting tribute to TED’s 30th anniversary celebration in Vancouver, Canada, artists Janet Echelman and Google’s Creative Director Aaron Koblin collaborated to create Unnumbered Sparks. This is an enormous textured sky sculpture, 745 feet long hoisted between two buildings that allow participants to paint the sky via a mobile phone app. At  night, […]

Art of Posters In Spreading the Message -Street Artist JR Opens InsideOut Photo Booth at Pompidou

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The medium of posters continues to be a strong canvas for spreading messages among youth culture, and Parisian street artist taps into this culture on a global scale.

Street Art Round-up: JR to Receive TED Prize; Wooster Collective X Kickstarter; Banksy in LA, Doesn’t Win an Oscar

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Notoriety of street artists is reaching new heights as more are seen as Rebels of Change (in a good way) and creative inspiration is finding new sources of DIY funding and acceptance.

Parisian Street Artist JR, Releases U.S. Trailer Version of Upcoming Documentary Women Are Heroe-and Wins Prestigious TED Prize

We’ve been tracking JR’s work for years, including his oversized murals of women’s eyes displayed on huge walls around the world, and showing how street art communicates beyond measure.