'Learning to Love you more' is a book I stumbled across whilst having a "quick look" in Borders. It's photography and endearing name meant that this particular book warranted a peek. After reading the introduction I bought the book. 'Learning to Love you more' is made from the general publics response to assignments set by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. Participants accept an assignment, complete it by following the simple but specific instructions, send in the required report (photograph, text, video, etc), and see their work posted on-line. All these completed works were then published in this book. The assignments are intended to guide people towards their own experience. For example one assignment reads 'Write a phone call you wish you could have.' With so many people providing a variety of outcomes the collected work shows many different styles and interpretations. What is perhaps most interesting about the book is how the different lives and backgrounds of each person reflects the different work that is created. Seeing so many talented designs/artists/photographers respond to the same question is fascinating.
(Learning To Love You More is also an ever-changing series of exhibitions, screenings and radio broadcasts presented all over the world.)
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