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We stumbled into the exhibition by accident. And as we didn\u2019t have any plans, we decided to put our masks on and have a look around. The gallery showed a collection of installations and sculptures, mostly focussed on internet art, and the artist\u2019s exploitation. When we walked through the rooms, passing by a giant print of Alex Tew\u2019s Million Dollar Homepage, I saw it in a corner: A tiny desk with a laptop, showing the website\u00a0learningtoloveyoumore.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learning to Love You More<\/em>\u00a0was an interactive project by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher that ran until 2009. The website listed a number of assignments that people could fulfill and send in their results, which were then exhibited on the site. 39: Take a picture of your parents kissing. 35: Ask your family to describe what you do. 66: Make a field guide to your yard. 5: Recreate an object from someone’s past. I knew this site! When we were teenagers, me and my friends did some of the assignments, and they can still be found online. I had totally forgotten about the site and how much joy these tasks and perspectives brought to me. Asking my parents to kiss for a picture was weird and memorable. I actually enjoy creating those kinds of moments. Rediscovering the website on the tiny desk at Kunstraum Kreuzberg reminded me about it.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Right now, it\u2019s 9.55pm, I am sitting in my living room. As I turn my stiff neck towards the window, I catch the blue hour; tinting the house across the street in a tender blue, almost purple color. It\u2019s not going to last long, I can see it passing by. Like most summer evenings. Like me cycling through Weserstra\u00dfe, on my way home from a dinner with a friend. That\u2019s when I usually catch the blue hour, too. All this won\u2019t last long: The people sitting outside their Sp\u00e4tis, drinking beers, the kids running around with their dogs, the warm air and me and my bike: This is what we longed for the whole winter, and realizing every year anew that it\u2019s worth the wait \u2014 It\u2019s an easy thought, and I like it. I like\u00a0easy,<\/em>\u00a0sometimes.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n One thing I am trying to learn is to\u00a0smile in pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n One thing I already learned is that I don\u2019t need to please everybody all the time (cool!). Now, however, I am scared that people might not like the new Me who doesn\u2019t want to be liked by everybody. It\u2019s a vicious circle.<\/p>\n On a bit more light-hearted note: I went looking for the best-designed watering can out there and wrote a little\u00a0design critique<\/a>\u00a0(in German).<\/p>\n And to stop blathering about Corona in this newsletter, I wrote a Corona diary for German\u00a0form<\/em>\u00a0design magazine, which you can\u00a0buy here<\/a>. The current issue deals with Crisis and Design, and I can highly recommend ordering it!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Here\u2019s my\u00a0Learning to Love You More<\/em>\u00a0assignment to you:\u00a0Educate yourself<\/a>\u00a0on your internalised racisms. Fight them. Keep on learning and strengthening your senses; speak up, and learn\u00a0what to do\u00a0next<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Hire black illustrators, for example.\u00a0Here is a list<\/a>\u00a0to get started with. In between, you can put the phone or computer away and go outside. Cycle through summer, because as we all know: It won\u2019t last as long as we\u2019d like to.<\/p>\n If you enjoy content like this: I send it out as irregular) monthly newsletter called\u00a0<\/em>Christel\u2019s Corner.\u00a0Sign up for it here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We stumbled into the exhibition by accident. And as we didn\u2019t have any plans, we decided to put our masks on and have a look around. The gallery showed a collection of installations and sculptures, mostly focussed on internet art, and the artist\u2019s exploitation. 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