Jessica Williams
Notes for Artists

2011



Notes for Artists is a collection of over 400 unique handwritten posters of notes taken in the first months of moving to Oslo from NYC. In these notes, thoughts are presented like constellations—a set of finite points able to be combined in an infinite number of ways. They range from heavy to light, near twins to complete opposites. When shown as an installation, visitors are encouraged to help recombine the notes by taking one home for themselves. This gesture is meant both as an attempt to create something new and to help clean up the physical manifestation of a scattered mind.










Notes for Artists was first shown as part of a solo show at the Oslo Kunstakademiet entitled Full Circle

Read the press release here





MANY THINGS HERE WE ALL THINK ABOUT NOW AND THEN

PLEASE TAKE A NOTE FROM THE WALL AND
REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER FROM THE STACK BELOW

TAKE ONE AS A STARTING POINT FOR SOMETHING NEW OR AS A REMINDER

LET US USE QUESTIONS NOT ONLY TO BREAK THINGS DOWN BUT TO BUILD BACK UP AGAIN