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An artist's attempts at achieving personal happiness, from meditation to pharmaceuticals

Austrian-born, New York-based graphic designer, typographer and artist Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) often tests and transgresses the boundary between art and design, through his imaginative implementation of typography. The Happy Film Pitch Book both documents Sagmeister's touring exhibition, The Happy Show, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film, The Happy Film. In both projects, Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments (each experiment lasting three months)--with meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering pharmaceuticals--attempting to improve his personal happiness. I am usually rather bored with definitions, Sagmeister says. Happiness, however, is just such a big subject that it might be worth a try to pin it down. The Happy Show, Sagmeister's first museum show in the United States, documents his adventures in video, pr

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania,Institute of Contemporary Art
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9780884541257, 978-0884541257
      ISBN10: 884541258

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      Book Synopsis

      An artist's attempts at achieving personal happiness, from meditation to pharmaceuticals

      Austrian-born, New York-based graphic designer, typographer and artist Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) often tests and transgresses the boundary between art and design, through his imaginative implementation of typography. The Happy Film Pitch Book both documents Sagmeister's touring exhibition, The Happy Show, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film, The Happy Film. In both projects, Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments (each experiment lasting three months)--with meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering pharmaceuticals--attempting to improve his personal happiness. I am usually rather bored with definitions, Sagmeister says. Happiness, however, is just such a big subject that it might be worth a try to pin it down. The Happy Show, Sagmeister's first museum show in the United States, documents his adventures in video, pr

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