Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43634 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-28
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 158 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

totally inspiring
i love this book.
if you arent familiar with the project look at the website.
all bits in the book are on the site but feels much better to hold them in your hands.
makes me laugh and cry.
its an art project by a lot of non-artists. or artists working in a different medium than they normally would. big photos. short stories, tiny snippets.
every home should have one.