Learningtoloveyoumore is a website made of a series of presentations made by the public. The presentations are responses to assigned tasks given by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July. Since the project was started in 2002, over 8000 people across the globe have participated, and many of the displays can be seen in exhibits across the world. Assignments range from taking pictures to drawing, writing, or performing- but all tasks must somehow be documented so they can be displayed on the webpage. There are 70 tasks on the page right now, but this number continues to grow so people can continue submitting new responses to tasks. On the website, learningtoloveyoumore.com, you can see all the assignments and the work people have submitted in response. Some of my favorite assignments are:
#3 Make a documentary video about a small child
#6 Make a poster of shadows
#9 Draw a constellation from someone’s freckles
#14 Write your life story in less than a day
#25 Make a video of someone dancing
#27 Take a picture of the sun
#33 Braid someone’s hair
#40 Heal yourself
#41 Document your bald spot
#50 Take a flash photo under your bed
#55 Photograph a significant outfit
#58 Record the sound keeping you awake
#69 Climb to the top of a tree and take a picture of the view
Here are some of the responses from several assignments, as posted on learningtoloveyoumore.com:
#27 Take a picture of the sun
Submitted by:
Federica Bertorelli
Fidenza, ITALY
Submitted by:
Janna
Stavanger, NORWAY
Submitted by:
Cesar Castro
Chicago, Illinois USA
#69 Climb to the top of a tree and take a picture of the view
Submitted by:
Alex
Dublin, IRELAND
Submitted by:
Janna
Stavanger, NORWAY
Submitted by:
Jethro
Provo, Utah USA
Submitted by:
Ed Murphy
Dublin, IRELAND
Submitted by:
Stephanie Ognar
Champaign, Illinois USA
#55 Photograph a significant outfit
"What i was wearing when i realised i could be happy again; my 20th birthday."
Submitted by: Helen
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire ENGLAND
"This is what I was wearing when I found out how poor I actually am."
Submitted by: Zoe
Boston, Massachusetts USA
"This is what I was wearing when I gave it all away and I didn't even care."
Submitted by: E.M.
Alexandria, Virginia USA
"What I wore the day I got married."
Submitted by: Shaun T.
Austin, Texas USA
"This is what I wore when I signed the contract for my first studio."
Submitted by: Julia Vitalis
Berlin, GERMANY
"What I was wearing the night he and I ended up dancing in the street at 6 AM"
Submitted by: Alba Mayol
Barcelona, SPAIN
In addition to the learningtoloveyoumore project, Harrell Fletcher continues to work on projects that socially engage the public. He works across the glove with a variety of groups including universities, schoolchildren, disabled adults, and countless other groups. He bases many of his projects on responses to books, movies, historical events, etc, but also has many creative ideas of his own. In a specific project in Brittany, France, Fletcher observed peoples responses to sculptures in a local park. He then asked local park-goers what kind of sculpture they would like to see in their park, and had them draw proposals of their ideas. An 8 year old boy proposed the idea of a turtle painted green and gold, and Fletcher liked this idea so much he helped the boy turn his idea into a sculpture that is still in the park today. As seen in this instance, Fletcher truly engages the public in his projects and acts as a facilitator to people in the sense that he gives people an idea to think about, then helps them turn their visions into concrete pieces of art.
Photos of the process of creating turtle scupture:
sources:www.harrellfletcher.com and learningtoloveyoumore.com
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