INSIDE OUT
The TED Prize is awarded to an extraordinary individual with a creative and bold vision to spark global change. By leveraging the TED community’s resources and investing $1 million dollars into a powerful idea, the TED Prize supports one wish to inspire the world.
JR:
“I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world ...INSIDE OUT.“
The TED Prize is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $1,000,000 and the TED community’s resources and expertise to spark global change.
2011 WINNER
On March 2, 2011, JR won the TED prize at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and called for the creation of a global participatory art project with the potential to change the world. This project is called INSIDE OUT. Inspired by JR’s large format street
“pastings”, INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they stand for. It is a global platform for people to share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.
Each INSIDE OUT group action around the world is documented, archived and exhibited online. Nearly 200,000 people from more than 112 countries & territories have participated. The INSIDE OUT project has traveled from Ecuador to Nepal, from Mexico to
Palestine, inspiring group actions on varied themes such as hope, diversity, genderbased violence, climate change... Discover the extent of the project through InsideOutProject.net.
TED
is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference and TEDGlobal -- TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize. The Prize begins with a big wish—a wish to inspire thinkers and doers across the globe. From Bono’s the ONE Campaign (’05 recipient) to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (’10 recipient) and JR’s Inside Out Project (’11 recipient), the TED Prize has helped to combat poverty, take on
religious intolerance, improve global health, tackle child obesity, advance education, and inspire art around the world. The award: TED Prize receive winners $1 million to inspire dreamers to think bigger about what’s possible. The award offers support to build a project’s core infrastructure quickly-so that others can add their own collaborative action. The wish: Imagine an inspiring, high impact idea or dream that needs the support of a global community to become real. Our winner will have an ambitious wish, the vision, pragmatism and leadership to make it a reality. The process: Nomination happens two ways: Nominate yourself and make your wish. Or nominate someone else, and we’ll ask them for their wish. The TED Prize committee will review all nominations and select the winner.