For the Sky Arte Festival, Inside Out, the large installation by street artist JR, opens on the Lungomare di Napoli.
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On the waterfront of Via Caracciolo in Naples, within the three days of initiatives by Sky Arte Festival and as an introduction to White Night of Health, the 6 May 2017 will come to life JR public art installation, former French street artist famous for his project "Inside Out". It will be on the promenade for ten days, until the 16 May.
Inside Out was born as a global project to which so far have participated more than 260 thousand people in 129 countries, from France to Australia. In each city, JR and his staff ask volunteers to share their portrait that will be printed and joined to all the other portraits of citizens, linked by a common theme: diversity, hope, gender violence, discrimination, climate change or otherwise topics "Hot" of current events.
In Naples the staff of JR has visited different areas of Naples including the San Paolo stadium after the Napoli-Juventus match, the Istituto d'Arte, the Federico II University and the Academy of Fine Arts and has chosen special events such as the Pochos match, a declared gay soccer team, for obtain and collect portraits whose final print will be placed on the Lungomare di Napoli.
