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Rising Souls: Inside Out in Haiti

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Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. This morning the people of Port au Prince woke up to portraits of their own – locals and members of the Haitian diaspora – plastered around the city. From Cité Soleil to Petion-Ville, over 500 images, taken by Haitian photographers and printed by JR’s Inside Out [...]

The Allen Telescope Array is Back!

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A note from Jill Tarter… At TED last February, Chris told the audience that without a White Knight stepping up to support my SETI observing program on the Allen Telescope Array, the antennas would soon be put into a safe hibernation mode in preparation for shutting down the array.  That’s because our University of California [...]

An idea takes the TED Prize…

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From Amy Novogratz, Director of the TED Prize… This year, the TED Prize is going in an exciting and different direction. Rather than granting the Prize to a single person, we’re giving it to an idea: the City 2.0. Last year we challenged the artist JR to make a wish to change the world, and with [...]

“Breathe something sincere and beautiful.”

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Genevieve Tran has organized several Inside Out Project group actions in Tokyo. We spoke with her about her experience as a group leader. Interview edited for grammar. IOP: Was this your first foray into exhibiting your art on the street? GT: Perhaps, when I was really young, some sidewalk chalk might have happened.  But as [...]

Educating schools about flavored milk

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Did you know that a kid who drinks two flavored milks in school a day is consuming an extra 5-8 tablespoons of sugar everyday? Does this concern you? Next week, Food Revolutionaries around the US will participate in the Flavored Milk Week of Action to help spread knowledge like this. The goal is to educate [...]

“A place of joy”: NextEinstein welcomes the first postgrad class at AIMS Senegal

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Congratulations to the first class of admitted students at AIMS Senegal, the newest AIMS center and the latest achievement from cosmologist and TED Prize winner Neil Turok and his NextEinstein Initiative. In 2008 Turok wished for the TED community to help “unlock and nurture scientific talent across Africa, so that within our lifetimes we are celebrating [...]

Make Art, Save Art

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JR started exploring his artistic side when he was a teenager. And he has been at it ever since. Recently he spoke with Do Something about the importance of art in a young person’s life in general and arts education specifically. Do Something is currently running a campaign, Make Art, Save Art, aimed at mobilizing young [...]

Forcing people to pay attention. Group Leader Interview #4

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Earlier this year JOANA SOARES, ANA SANTOS and MAFALDA JACINTO organized a group action in Lisbon, Portugal. We interviewed them to gain insight into their process and experience. Interview was edited by author for grammar. IOP: Was this your first foray into exhibiting your art on the street? JS, AS, & MJ: Yes, it was. [...]

Occupy. Inside. Out.

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99 faces. 99 stories. 99 reasons why they are the 99%. Late last week, a group of everyday American citizens used art and the Inside Out Project platform to stand up and declare that they are the 99%. Occupy. Inside. Out. is an effort to document the people behind the Occupy movement and to share their stories; [...]

Dryland Farming

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Dryland Farming #17, Edward Burtynsky At the end of this month, concurrent exhibitions of work by 2005 TED Prize Winner Edward Burtynsky will open in New York City. From their announcement… The exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery will feature large-scale works from Burtynsky’s newest series Dryland Farming. Shot in the remote Monegros region of northeastern Spain, [...]