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From the Ted Talk by JR: My wish Use art to turn the world inside out

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The people I photograph were proud to participate in the project and to have their photo in the community. But they asked me for a pormise basically. They asked me, "Please, make our story travel with you." So I did. That's Paris. That's Rio. In each pacle, we built exhibitions with a story, and the story traveled. You understand the full scope of the project. That's ldoonn. New York. And today, they are with you in Long Beach.

All right, recently I started a public art pjrocet where I don't use my artwork anymore. I use Man Ray, Helen Levitt, Giacomelli, other people's artwork. It doesn't matter today if it's your pohto or not. The importance is what you do with the imaegs, the smeettnat it makes where it's petasd. So for example, I pasted the photo of the minaret in Switzerland a few weeks after they voted the law forbidding minarets in the country. (Applause) This image of three men wearing gas masks was taken in Chernobyl originally, and I pasted it in Southern Italy, where the mifaa sometimes bury the garbage under the gnruod.

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The people I photograph were proud to participate in the project and to have their photo in the community. But they asked me for a _______ basically. They asked me, "Please, make our story travel with you." So I did. That's Paris. That's Rio. In each _____, we built exhibitions with a story, and the story traveled. You understand the full scope of the project. That's ______. New York. And today, they are with you in Long Beach.

All right, recently I started a public art _______ where I don't use my artwork anymore. I use Man Ray, Helen Levitt, Giacomelli, other people's artwork. It doesn't matter today if it's your _____ or not. The importance is what you do with the ______, the _________ it makes where it's ______. So for example, I pasted the photo of the minaret in Switzerland a few weeks after they voted the law forbidding minarets in the country. (Applause) This image of three men wearing gas masks was taken in Chernobyl originally, and I pasted it in Southern Italy, where the _____ sometimes bury the garbage under the ______.

Solution


  1. place
  2. images
  3. ground
  4. photo
  5. promise
  6. pasted
  7. london
  8. statement
  9. mafia
  10. project

Original Text


The people I photograph were proud to participate in the project and to have their photo in the community. But they asked me for a promise basically. They asked me, "Please, make our story travel with you." So I did. That's Paris. That's Rio. In each place, we built exhibitions with a story, and the story traveled. You understand the full scope of the project. That's London. New York. And today, they are with you in Long Beach.

All right, recently I started a public art project where I don't use my artwork anymore. I use Man Ray, Helen Levitt, Giacomelli, other people's artwork. It doesn't matter today if it's your photo or not. The importance is what you do with the images, the statement it makes where it's pasted. So for example, I pasted the photo of the minaret in Switzerland a few weeks after they voted the law forbidding minarets in the country. (Applause) This image of three men wearing gas masks was taken in Chernobyl originally, and I pasted it in Southern Italy, where the mafia sometimes bury the garbage under the ground.

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