Miranda July is a filmmaker, a writer, a performance artist from Berkley California. As a teenager she started off directing and writing plays. She is know for her feature film, Me and You and Everyone We know, that she directed, wrote and starred in. She is also a co-creator of the website, Learning to Love you More.
I really love this pieces she did for the 53rd International art exhibition at Venice Biennale. It is called Eleven Heavy Things."The cast fiber-glass, steel-lined pieces are designed for interaction: pedestals to stand on, tablets with holes for body parts, and free-standing abstract headdresses." The work give the viewer a chance to become apart of the work and to show something about themselves by participating. Most of them have funny little phrases with them that describes the person interacting with the piece. The bottom one above says "What I look like when I am lying". They are funny and they are in a city where everyone has a camera to document their own adventures with the work. My favorite is one that is a pedestal that says "We don't know each other, we're just hugging for the picture."
My most favorite thing that saw of her work isn't really "work" at all. It is the website that she made to promote her book, Noone belongs here more than you. The website Noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com is made up of photographs of what she has written on her stove with a dry erase marker. It is a hilarious conversation she has with the viewer that she goes off on tangents about things but all the while is trying to get you to buy her work. It is funny and light and i would love to see all the photographs lined up on a gallery wall. This lit up my day...
As for my work I am really inspired by her playfulness. My work right now feel so cold but viewing this work really helps me to think of ways to lighten up my work without changing my concept at all. Thank you Miranda July... and Tom for having me research her.
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