# Why art is a tool for hope

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: JR
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jr_why_art_is_a_tool_for_hope)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Famed for enormous black-and-white portraits that are pasted on surfaces ranging from the Louvre to the US-Mexico border wall, multimedia artist JR continues to tackle ambitious projects. In this powerfully moving talk, he shares how he made a giant mural on the courtyard floor of a maximum-security prison -- with the help of guards and prisoners alike -- and ended up with much more than a compelling image.

## Lectures

1. [Why art is a tool for hope](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jr_why_art_is_a_tool_for_hope/1edb2542b333), 17 min (TED's player)