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2010 | 2 years ago My boyfriend had me watch one of his favorite movies, Me and You and Everyone We Know, last night. After we watched it I did some research and found out it’s directed by this fantastic performance artist (who plays some one close to herself in the film), Miranda July. Miss July, who changed her last name to the month during which she is most productive, has created some really beautiful pieces. This one, The Hallway, is one of my favorites.
A 125 foot hallway lined with fifty wooden signs, hand-painted with text. As the viewer/participant walks down the seemingly endless hall, weaving between the signs, the text acts as an internal voice, “It’s too late to go back now, but the end seems far away…” The “you” in text realizes that you’ll be walking down this hallway for the rest of your life. And like life, the hall is filled with indecision, disappointment, boredom and joy - and it does end.
English in one direction, Japanese in the other.Commissioned by the Yokohama Triennial, 2008. In the collection of The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
