What Do You See in the World?

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When i mader ave, developed my practice in a way that i would always have to engage other people and groups and communities around the world to do it. And i really create my projects depending on that. A cuet project that i so complecate to put together that i could never do them by myself. I was just in mauritania last week, in the furthest refuge camp in the world. Most ofthe people rote me until we had no idea. They were like, 80 thousand refugee right there. You know, we just don't know. We hear about the one in you crane right now, but we forget o so lat of refuges

Art can move us in deep, meaningful ways. A beautiful song, a good book, or a great film can change our perspectives and attitudes toward ideas, and sometimes people. Where does that magic come from–and how can we channel it when we’re creating? JR is an artist famed for his enormous black and white portraits that tell stories and adorn surfaces from the Louvre to the favelas of Brazil. His ambitious projects, like a recent massive mural outside a supermax prison in California or the boy who peers curiously over the wall at the Mexico–United States border, put a deeply human face to things we might have only read in the news while also highlighting and celebrating the connections between us humans. In this episode, JR talks about the importance of joy in his art-making process, speaks to the value of community and curiosity, and shares how his unique working style developed over the years.