The Tolerance Project, which began in 2017, is a traveling poster exhibit, organized by Mirko Ilić, that celebrates and honors the starting point of all meaningful discourse: Tolerance.
The Tolerance Project has brought a message of social acceptance to more than 500,000 people through 216 exhibitions in fifty countries worldwide.
The posters appear in public spaces—in parks, on university campuses, even on buses—thus engaging with a wide cross-section of the population.
Artists from every nation are asked only to illustrate the word “tolerance” in their native language.
The poster "Tolerance" represents the word built in solid, heavy cement letters, symbolising the firmness needed to sustain a tolerant attitude.
These letters, eroded and impacted with a hammer, reflect the wear and tear and attacks that human rights defenders often face in the face of criticism and intolerance.
Despite the cracks and fractures, the word stands, stronger and more meaningful. The materiality and visual drama express that to be tolerant is not to give in, but to resist with conviction.
Credits
Client
Mirko Ilic Corp.
City
New York
Year
2017