PROJECT 1: Assignment #71, Thrill of the Ride.
Hi honey,
I expect this to be: inspiring, adorable, heartwarming, heartbreaking, loving, contemplative, creative, theatrical, dramatic, reaching, brilliant, nuanced, blunt, sexy, thrilling, and so on and so on and so on.
It will be perfect, it will be us.
I love you, man.
PROJECT 1: Assignment #71
to complete #71 you must first join this blog.
further documentation should include a brief statement ruminate on what you expect from or look forward to in regards to this little project.
i love you, dude.
LEARNING TO LOVE YOU MORE
a slightly more literal application of an art project originally conceived by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. (more information) while the july/fletcher project engaged a general public and encouraged creative community - a community of love and respect, our iteration will focus specifically on one couple’s relationship. we will explore how the assignments behave within this specific construct. how they open and inform the relationship.
how “i” learns to love “you” more:
the previous post contains links to all the assignments already produced by july and fletcher. we can add to this list!
1) these 70 assignments (and any additional assignments) are to be chosen from at random and posed to the partner.
2) one assignment every three/four days.
3) the assignment list may be added to at any time, but…
4) that newly drafted assignment may not be chosen as the immediate assignment. the assignment’s poster must wait until their next assignment, or…
5) the partner may choose that assignment when their turn comes.
6) once an assignment is given, it cannot be chosen again for a period of one month, unless…
7) the partner wishes to respond with the same assignment. in this case, the partner may assign the same assignment or relinquish that right and wait one month.
8) this list may be altered at any time by either party.
Learning to love LEARNING TO LOVE YOU MORE.
71. Create a blog with someone you love.
69. Climb to the top of a tree and take a picture of the view.
66. Make a field guide to your yard.
65. Perform the phone call someone else wished they could have.
63. Make an encouraging banner.
62. Make an educational public plaque.
61. Describe your ideal government.
60. Write a press release about an everyday event.
59. Interview someone who has experienced war.
58. Record the sound that is keeping you awake.
57. Lipsync to shy neighbor’s Garth Brooks cover.
56. Make a portrait of your friend’s desires.
55. Photograph a significant outfit.
53. Give advice to yourself in the past.
52. Write the phone call you wish you could have.
51. Describe what to do with your body when you die.
50. Take a flash photo under your bed.
49. Draw a picture of your friend’s friend.
47. Re-enact a scene from a movie that made someone else cry.
46. Draw Raymond Carver’s Cathedral.
45. Reread your favorite book from fifth grade.
44. Make a “LTLYM assignment”.
43. Make an exhibition of the art in your parent’s house.
42. List five events from 1984.
39. Take a picture of your parents kissing.
38. Act out someone else’s argument.
37. Write down a recent argument.
36. Grow a garden in an unexpected spot.
35. Ask your family to describe what you do.
34. Make a protest sign and protest.
32. Draw a scene from a movie that made you cry.
31. Spend time with a dying person.
30. Take a picture of strangers holding hands.
29. Make an audio recording of a choir.
27. Take a picture of the sun.
26. Design an article of clothing for Mona to crochet.
25. Make a video of someone dancing.
24. Cover the song“Don’t Dream It’s Over”.
22. Recreate a scene from Laura Lark’s life story.
20. Take a family portrait of two families.
19. Illustrate a scene or make an object from Paul Arensmeyer’s life story.
18. Recreate a poster you had as a teenager.
17. Record your own guided meditation.
16. Make a paper replica of your bed.
15. Hang a windchime on a tree in a parking lot.
14. Write your life story in less than a day.
13. Recreate the moment after a crime.
12. Get a temporary tattoo of one of Morgan Rozacky’s neighbors.
11. Photograph a scar and write about it.
9. Draw a constellation from someone’s freckles.
8. Curate an artist’s retrospective in a public place.
7. Recreate 3 minutes of a Fresh Air interview.
5. Recreate an object from someone’s past.
3. Make a documentary video about a small child.
