Learning To Love You More
Yuri Ono, Miranda July & Harrell Fletcher
This site has been running for 6 years. The site is conceived by two artists, Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. The basic idea is to set 'assignments' to anyone, anywhere who wishes to participate. The site has become a gallery space which people use to display their work. Some people (American people) have even held exhibitions of their assignments. With assignments like 'Take a picture of your parents kissing' or 'Describe your ideal government' the solutions range from beautiful & touching to naff & stupid.
On the whole the site is worth a roam. I think the concept is really admirable, and I'm impressed that over 5000 people have participated in the project, but something tells me that this idea just wouldn't capture the imagination of a European audience.
A book has just been published by Prestel about the project. The book is a bit unnecessary. Why do people feel the need to convert a inherently web-based project in to a printed hardback coffee tabe book?
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posted by Matt Cooper
on 04 April 2008
Quaint Internet
I do have a soft spot for these little quaint-internet communities (I call them Quintermunities) but as Francesca says, there is something a bit flat about the responses this site has garnered.
Most of the respondents seem to fall somewhere between 'outsider art' and 'knowing kitsch', and when you fall between these two you're generally nowhere interesting. Unfortunately.
Sites like this should be commended for forging communities that would otherwise not exist, it reminds me of two other sites:
• Thing A Day (which seems to have gone offline unfortunately) • http://www.davidhorvitz.com/if/index.html found via www.crackunit.com
posted by Malcolm Garrett
on 13 April 2008
nice to dip into
every once in a while to refresh the mind with fun, fruitful, fascinating throwaway snapshots from life