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Skateboard Deck - JR, Migrants, Mayra, Picnic Across The Border, Tecate, Mexico
In 2017, French artist JR launched a site-specific project: an international picnic, with hundreds of people sharing a meal across the fence. JR took a photo of the eyes of a 'Dreamer', one of the young undocumented immigrants who falls under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Then he turned the photo into a surface that visitors could eat off: one eye was on a table in Tecate, on the Mexican side of the border, while the other eye was on a tarp in Tecate, California.
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At first, JR thought nobody would show up to his picnic. He wasnât able to publicize it online, since an advance announcement would have likely resulted in a shutdown by the U.S. Border Patrol, so he had to rely on word of mouth. At 12:30 p.m., nobody was there. âI thought, Oh, maybe itâs just going to be a few of us,â he says. By 1 p.m. there were dozens, and by 2 p.m. hundreds of people had shown up to share the meal.
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THE SKATEROOM works closely with the worldâs most influential artists to empower skate and education projects all over the globe.
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At first, JR thought nobody would show up to his picnic. He wasnât able to publicize it online, since an advance announcement would have likely resulted in a shutdown by the U.S. Border Patrol, so he had to rely on word of mouth. At 12:30 p.m., nobody was there. âI thought, Oh, maybe itâs just going to be a few of us,â he says. By 1 p.m. there were dozens, and by 2 p.m. hundreds of people had shown up to share the meal.
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THE SKATEROOM works closely with the worldâs most influential artists to empower skate and education projects all over the globe.
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In 2017, French artist JR launched a site-specific project: an international picnic, with hundreds of people sharing a meal across the fence. JR took a photo of the eyes of a 'Dreamer', one of the young undocumented immigrants who falls under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Then he turned the photo into a surface that visitors could eat off: one eye was on a table in Tecate, on the Mexican side of the border, while the other eye was on a tarp in Tecate, California.
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At first, JR thought nobody would show up to his picnic. He wasnât able to publicize it online, since an advance announcement would have likely resulted in a shutdown by the U.S. Border Patrol, so he had to rely on word of mouth. At 12:30 p.m., nobody was there. âI thought, Oh, maybe itâs just going to be a few of us,â he says. By 1 p.m. there were dozens, and by 2 p.m. hundreds of people had shown up to share the meal.
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THE SKATEROOM works closely with the worldâs most influential artists to empower skate and education projects all over the globe.
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At first, JR thought nobody would show up to his picnic. He wasnât able to publicize it online, since an advance announcement would have likely resulted in a shutdown by the U.S. Border Patrol, so he had to rely on word of mouth. At 12:30 p.m., nobody was there. âI thought, Oh, maybe itâs just going to be a few of us,â he says. By 1 p.m. there were dozens, and by 2 p.m. hundreds of people had shown up to share the meal.
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THE SKATEROOM works closely with the worldâs most influential artists to empower skate and education projects all over the globe.
