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Web art project "Learning to Love You More."

http://learningtoloveyoumore.com/

Miranda July is the mind behind the film Me, You and Everyone We Know. There is a quote in that film where an art gallery manager, while examining a digitally altered photograph of an AIDS patient covered in sores decalres to her assistant something to the effect that e-mail would not exist without AIDS. That approach to technology, as a response to our world rather than a tool to manippulate it, has always interested me.

Now Miranda July interests me. She is an artist (and riot grrl?) who insists on the communal aspect of art. The link above is her most comprehensive use of the internet as a medium. Check it out.

Submitted by Adryan on Thu, 2007-03-08 08:15.
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Assignments
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Submitted by magnoliafan on Thu, 2007-03-08 10:54.

I like the spirit of her "assignments" on the website- I think that the proactive DIY thing is very cool.

It's funny the different subcultures that share the value in that- punk rock, avante garde artists, fans of Dr. Seuss books, primary school teachers, hippies, ecologists. It's funny, too, that some would consider all the above categories to be one.

L-Train


Email and AIDS?
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Submitted by rhetoricat on Thu, 2007-03-08 10:46.

First of all, that website is awesome.  But I'm curious about the quote that you mentioned.  I'm not sure that I understand why email would not exist without AIDS. Am I missing something?  Can you explain?~Cat


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Submitted by Adryan on Thu, 2007-03-08 10:50.

According to this character written by this artist (who later ends up in an on-line relationship of poo-swapping ))<>(( with a six year old) AIDS made us afraid to touch one another, it made mediated interactions more safe.