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Crowdsourced creativity brings people together to boost their sense of community
Having reached its fever pitch, the crowdsourcing movement has inspired a seemingly infinite assortment of collaborative concepts, impacting everything from design to journalistic content. Now, artists, too, are putting the trend to use by organizing projects that solicit the public for creative contributions, and, in doing so, help foster community.

INSIDE OUT: With French photographer JR at the helm, this participatory project transforms digital self-portraits into large-scale street art. As the 2011 recipient of the TED Prize, JR received a $100,000 grant to realize his “project wish” of giving a literal face (or faces) to global communities. Participants can upload their self-portraits to the site for free large-scale printing, then are tasked with displaying the blown-up photo in a high-traffic location. An online gallery features pictures of the portraits in “action” on building facades, office walls, even in home windows. After just seven months, more than 50,000 people have uploaded photos and participants have logged activity in countries spanning the globe.

Summary The crowdsourcing movement has inspired a seemingly infinite assortment of collaborative concepts, impacting everything from design to journalistic content.

Description Participants can upload their self-portraits to the site for free large-scale printing, then are tasked with displaying the blown-up photo in a high-traffic location.

Tags: Crowd creativity, Crowdsourcing, online gallery, project wish, TED Prize

Posted by Jason Robbins

Oct 07, 2011 09:25 am GMT Viewed 1882 times

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