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Changing Perceptions Of The Carceral Space Through Photography: The Tehachapi Project By Jr, Alexi Butts
Changing Perceptions Of The Carceral Space Through Photography: The Tehachapi Project By Jr, Alexi Butts
Scripps Senior Theses
“Can art change the world?”
In his global art practice, French artist JR transforms overlooked communities into valued canvases. With an approach rooted in collaboration, JR’s large-scale public photographic installations integrate the built environment into a visual experience of human life.
In October, 2019, JR and his team entered the maximum security prison in Tehachapi, California to embark on a new collaborative project: “Tehachapi.” This paper explores the impact of “Tehachapi” as it extends beyond the physical photograph wheat-pasted on the floor of the prison’s courtyard to touch on issues of humanity, power and accessibility. Created as a collage of …