Both works, like F.A.M.I.L.Y., give the audience the power to interact and contribute to the final result, making the experience playful and participatory. “She welcomes other people’s desires and actions within it […] while the artist clearly likes to be in control, she is also experimenting with sharing that power and control, often in a playful way, and she gets lots of people to willingly engage, creating a fun and unintimidated art experience that allows people from all kinds of backgrounds to feel something meaningful,” explains curator Mia Locks.

The exhibition is realized in conjunction with her first solo museum exhibition, “Miranda July: New Society,” on view at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan until October 28th, 2024. In addition to F.A.M.I.L.Y., the Milan exhibition spans three decades of July’s career, from the early 1990s until today, including short films, performances, and installation works. This project serves as a jumping-off point to consider ideas related to July’s earlier performative and collaborative works.

Miranda July: F.A.M.I.L.Y.
Date: 9th May – 26th August, 2024
Hours: 11:00 – 20:00
Place: Prada Aoyama
Address: 5-2-6 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
https://www.prada.com/jp/