Tunisia: Hanging Images
of the People
where those of their Dictators
Once Hung
If you can smell JR (Women are Heroes and TED 2011) all over this, then you're right. AlJazeera's Yasmine Rayan reports on this latest street art project to replace the once all-pervasive presidential photography with mosaics of ordinary, anonymous Tunisians who rose up against their government.
H/T: Drawn
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Tunisia: Hanging Portraits
of the People where
Those of their Dictators
Once Hung, Cont'd
The first webisode is a more indepth look at the JR Inside Out Project in Tunisia. Earlier in the year, the team proceeded to place portraits of the Tunisian people in the same public spaces where, just months before, was reserved for only portraits of their leaders. Backstory blogged here. A new trailer below:
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Revolutionary Tunisian Street Art
As the history books will state, after more than two decades of authoritarian rule, the people of Tunisia had enough and collectively revolted. Successfully overthrowing the government, they now find themselves in the process of establishing a democratic society.
Algerian French street artist ZOO Project wanted to be at the epicenter of the historic movement. To celebrate the revolution, he placed hundreds of life-size figurines around the city. They represent the brave, ordinary people who risked it all to make it happen, particularly the 200+ people that lost their lives.
