{"id":1289,"date":"2006-10-28T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2006-10-28T22:40:41","modified_gmt":"2006-10-29T02:40:41","slug":"illegal-posters-challenge-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/28\/illegal-posters-challenge-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal posters challenge Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jr-art.net\/img\/couv_finale_28m.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&amp;call_pageid=971358637177&amp;c=Article&amp;cid=1161856749939\">Star<\/a> runs an AP story this morning about an innovative and illegal street art project that is pumping up some controversy in France. It has to do with a graffiti artist and photographer named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jr-art.net\/#\">JR<\/a>. Nearing the eve of the anniversary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/international\/story\/0,,1929704,00.html\">Paris-area riots that engulfed French suburbs in flames last year<\/a>, JR has created massive posters that play off a pervading Parisians&#8217; exaggerated sense of fear when encountered by young immigrant youth. JR went to rundown areas and got residents to mug scary faces into a distortion-inducing wide-angle lens. (This lens is likely the source of the project&#8217;s name, <em>28 millimetres<\/em>.) He then printed these out several metres wide and postered them around town. You can watch a terrific video about the project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woostercollective.com\/2006\/10\/28_millimetres_by_jr_and_ladj_ly_the_vid.html\">here<\/a> or click on the You Tube video below. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.28millimetres.com\/\">book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.28millimetres.com\/\">28millimetres.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zWu-BSIUs2E\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zWu-BSIUs2E\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Star runs an AP story this morning about an innovative and illegal street art project that is pumping up some controversy in France. It has to do with a graffiti artist and photographer named JR. 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