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Johnny VP — “Things I never intended it to be”

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Play — Johnny VP — “Things I never intended it to be”

Johnny was asked to imagine what a safe community looks like — a world beyond policing and mass incarceration. So he designed it. His ArtPrize mural has since taken on a life he never anticipated: “It’s being used over and over again for many things I never intended it to be.” That’s what art does when it tells the truth.

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