Learning to Love You More - Softcover

July, Miranda; Fletcher, Harrell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791337335 ISBN 13: 9783791337333

Publisher: Prestel, 2007

In a world obsessed with 'reality' programming, the collaborative public art project known as "Learning To Love You More" offers a refreshing take on how people think, act and love. Created by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher, the web-based project, begun in 2002, offers more than sixty 'assignments' that can be completed by anyone: 'Write the phone conversation you wish you could have'; 'Draw a constellation from someone's freckles'; 'Take a flash photo under your bed.' Completed assignments are posted on the web site; to date, more than 5,000 people have participated - artists and non-artists of all ages, from Tokyo to Tel Aviv. July and Fletcher have curated a selection of the most memorable submissions - some moving, others hilarious and oddly brilliant, to create a pop culture collage that tells a larger story about life today. The result is an engaging, heartwarming, idea sparking book sure to inspire, teach, and entertain. Her film "Me And You And Everyone We Know" (Film Four) was a cult hit in 2005 - it won 15 Awards including the Golden Camera at Cannes and the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the Sundance film festival.

Review:

"a vibrant and inspiring...archive of intimate images, thoughts and experiences." -- The Daily Telegraph, Januray 17th 2009

About the Author:

Miranda July is a filmmaker, performance artist, actress, and writer. July's short fiction has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, and Zoetrope. Harrell Fletcher is an artist whose work has been exhibited around the world at venues such as SF MoMA and the Royal College of Art in London. Fletcher is a professor of art at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3791337335
• ISBN 13: 9783791337333
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160