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Entries in Inside Out (2)

Monday
Oct242011

OCCUPY ART // Occupy.Inside.Out Puts Faces With A Movement

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

Last week we relayed a call from Brooklyn photographer Steven Greaves and the folks at TED.com, who needed volunteers to help wheat paste Greaves' 99 portraits of everyday people involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement throughout Downtown Manhattan. The project, occupy.inside.out, was staged as part of photographer JR's global Inside Out endeavor.

We're happy to report that the wheat pasting was a massive success. Greaves sent along some photos of the portraits going up and told us more about the project. "We wanted to offer people a way to share their stories," he says. "The Occupy Wall Street movement has been portrayed as a mob of discontent. While there are definitely complaints, that's not the whole story. What we've experienced is much to the contrary: veterans, priests, doctors, lawyers and other everyday people who are more than just angry. These people work every day of their lives and are starting to become empowered to do something about the injustices that they see around them and in the system."

Check out photos of the occupy.inside.out wheat pasting after the jump.

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

image courtesy of Charles Meacham - http://www.charlesmeacham.com/

-- John Ruscher

Thursday
Oct202011

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TODAY // Help Wheat Paste Portraits For Occupy.Inside.Out

 

Want to help the Occupy Wall Street cause and be part of an awesome art project at the same time? Brooklyn-based photographer Steven Greaves is looking for volunteers to help put up wheat paste portraits as part of his project Occupy.Inside.Out, which features 99 photos of everyday people and one representing the 1%.

The project has been getting a boost from the folks at TED.com. "They have been instrumental in providing logistical support and outreach to my team for getting this thing put together," says Greaves. The studio of photographer and TED Prize winner JR, has also been lending a hand by printing out the images. JR's team includes 3rd Ward alum Gina Pollack, who has been working on the broader global portrait project Inside Out.

If you'd like to help Greaves with wheat pasting, get in touch with him ASAP: steven@stevengreaves.com. His team plans to meet up at 6pm TODAY, location TDB.

-- John Ruscher