http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/16/a-ted-prize-wish-100000-posters-later/

JR is an artist whose TED wish is coming true. His wish is “that people around the globe have a chance to show the world their true face.” (TED Blog) His wish is literal with communities in more than 100 countries displaying huge posters of faces on walls. The video above is from an Australian Aboriginal group who are creating a wall with their faces on it for their town to enjoy.

Inside Out Project is a website created by JR about his project. Most fascinating is the Explore section of the website which maps every place in the world where Inside Out has been done. Armidale Australia is not the only Indigenous group that has participated in this project. In North Dakota, the Lakota Tribe printed posters of faces which were hung in New York among other places.

In the context of this class, the Inside Out project allowed (and continues to allow) Aboriginal communities to share their identity with the world. The posters are free to anyone who uploads a photograph to Inside Out. The project started out as an illegal art installation in Paris but now all around the world people are using the idea to promote their own communities.