Curated by Mia Locks, “Miranda July: New Society” spans three many years, from the early Nineteen Nineties till right now, together with quick movie, efficiency, and set up works by American artist, filmmaker and author Miranda July. The exhibition debuts a brand new work known as F.A.M.I.L.Y. (Falling Aside In the meantime I Love You), a multi-channel video set up that includes July’s yearlong collaboration with seven different performers by way of Instagram. The exhibition makes use of F.A.M.I.L.Y. as a leaping off level to contemplate associated concepts from July’s different performative and collaborative works.

“July’s work examines a variety of human relationships and types of intimacy,” says Locks. “Her questioning of established hierarchies and normative energy dynamics is a distinctly feminist place that spans throughout the assorted media she has utilized in her profession.” The exhibition, accompanied by the screening of July’s total filmography at Cinema Godard in Fondazione Prada, provides a novel alternative to expertise the artist’s wide-ranging oeuvre.

“I’m so honored and excited to not solely share my latest work on the Fondazione Prada, however that it is going to be contextualized by previous work from the final three many years,” remarks July. “That the museum is exhibiting my artworks on the Osservatorio and my movies at Cinema Godard demonstrates a uncommon and particular dedication to multiplicity.”

The primary degree of Osservatorio presents documentation from July’s earliest performances in punk golf equipment to main efficiency items, corresponding to Love Diamond (1998–2000), The Swan Instrument (2000–03), Things We Don’t Perceive and Positively Are Not Going to Discuss About (2006–07), and New Society (2015), alongside associated props, costumes and archival paperwork.

The second degree presents F.A.M.I.L.Y., in addition to two different collaborative tasks—I’m the President, Child (2018) and Providers (2020). There can even be a reprisal of Studying to Love You Extra (2000–07), a web-based undertaking made in collaboration with Harrell Fletcher that included 70 assignments accomplished by the general public and uploaded to the positioning. Project #43 (“Make an exhibition of the artwork in your dad and mom’ dwelling”) seems as a part of the exhibition, accomplished by a neighborhood Milanese lady particularly for the exhibition.

The exhibition is complemented by the primary screening of July’s total filmography in Italy, which can happen at Cinema Godard in march. On Saturday, March 9, July meets the general public at a masterclass at Cinema Godard moderated by Paolo Moretti. This system consists of three characteristic movies, Me and You and Everybody We Know (2005), The Future (2011) and Kajillionaire (2020), along with a number of quick movies and unreleased works on massive display. From Might to August 2024, the observe of Miranda July can even be the main focus of an exhibition at Prada Aoyama in Tokyo.

at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada, Milan
till October 14, 2024