DD: Are you ever afraid that your work is too intimate?
Miranda July: I am concerned about that but there’s nothing I can really do. I try to push myself towards symbolism, partly for that reason but also that it is liberating. I often write a little reminder that says ‘move in symbols’ so I don’t get too autobiographical. Nonetheless, everything that I can think of that will be coming out in the next couple of years, I feel like I’m throwing myself to the lions. I really could just cry about it, that’s how upsetting it is to me, but I don’t know what to do. Oh well. Everything has its problems.
dazed is featuring an interview with writer/performer/artist/director/all-in-one-creative-machine Miranda July. some may discredit her work as too abstract and her for frequently recycling old themes but i love her consistent style and raw, emotional and sometimes bizarre self-expression. in any case, both me and you and everyone we know and no one belongs here more than you are worth a viewing/read to form your own opinion on the los angeles based artist. July's interactive sculptures for the venice biennale can be seen at her
site. photo and text via
dazeddigital.
