For The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, JR worked with Time magazine and travelled to St Louis, Dallas and Washington DC to meet with 245 representatives of a wide and complex spectrum of views on firearms in the United States – the list included gun collectors, hunters, law-enforcement officials, emergency-room teams that have treated victims of mass shootings, lobbyists and others.
The video-mural was projected in dozens of museums and locations across the United States, with the aim of fostering conversations around this sensitive issue. JR and his team also recorded each participant’s story as narrated in their own voice, and these can be accessed through a free app. By combining photography and digital technology, JR creates unique form of collaborative art, one that continues his legacy of participatory and community-led initiatives.
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, TIME Magazine's cover, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, JR explaining his project, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Integral mural, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, JR giving instructions, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Behind the scene, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
Guns Chronicles : a story of America, Cropped portrait, USA, 2018
To listen to every participants' stories, download the free JR:murals app for iPhone, here, and Android, here.