The following is a selection from Hans Ulrich Obrist’s ongoing handwriting project. His newest book, Remember to Dream!, is a celebration of these handwritten Post-it notes (and other scraps) from contemporary artists, musicians, writers, and many more.
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Frederic Tuten
Leave something
beautiful behind.
Just because.
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Barbara Chase-Riboud
Art makes History — it doesn't
Explain it —
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Lynn Hershman Leeson
I hope when you read
this on instagram you
experience a sexual sensation!
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Solange Pessoa
“Art is the experimental exercise of freedom” — Mário Pedrosa
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Caroline Polachek
the newness
is
the youness
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Agnès Varda
a day
without seeing a tree
is a waste of a day
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Caleb Azumah Nelson
the only thing which
matters to me in these
moments is how long
the song might last,
how long I can stretch
this freedom
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Raymond Pettibon
Speeyd reading is a lonngfst
lonngfst
realityy trypp.
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William Kentridge
God’s
Opinion
is
Unknown.
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Seung-Taek Lee
I saw the world upside down.
I thought the world upside down.
I lived the world upside down.
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Park Seo-Bo
Those who don’t change will perish.
But so will those who do.
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Douglas Coupland
what seems
random
usually
isn’t
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Nolan Oswald Dennis
COINCIDENCE
IS THE
LANDSCAPE
WE MOVE
THROUGH
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Eun-Me Ahn
When you smile, you will be blessed.
When you dance, you will be blessed
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Hélène Cixous
Am I the last line of this story or the
first one of the story that I will never know?
?
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Paolo Carzana
IMAGINE
WE COULD
BE THE ONES
TO CHANGE
IT ALL
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Stuart Russell
Thou shalt not
make a machine
in the likeness of
a human mind.
(Frank Herbert,
Dune, 11 th commandment)
Hans Ulrich Obrist is a world-renowned curator and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Alongside his curatorial practice, Obrist has written extensively on and around contemporary art, with a particular interest in the interview format.
Read Hans Ulrich Obrist’s conversation with Frederic Tuten.
All works copyright the authors.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab843c858d082b465de10a80476f0da1a4a93c65ab727c57ce1ed3360adddd0c/IMG_5774.jpeg)
Frederic Tuten
Leave something
beautiful behind.
Just because.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f438182959a36f87e7cc275055368025b7926448cda34b00f0d89a26b0b87d6/HUI5163b-Barbara-Chase-Riboud.jpg)
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Art makes History — it doesn't
Explain it —
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ad87a50b158e0e1f01d022643c9bc459023bb087e54006236479f4fdf0c4650/HUI5174a-Lynn-Hershman-Leeson.jpg)
Lynn Hershman Leeson
I hope when you read
this on instagram you
experience a sexual sensation!
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2e4d1074ebc3dfbba334cb5460c9a529f0890865a74006aef647e616e45c15d/HUI5184a-Solange-Pessoa.jpg)
Solange Pessoa
“Art is the experimental exercise of freedom” — Mário Pedrosa
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab2248b229fe261665149fa500dd466f8ac90562b6ef102d7b790f2e3dc19dce/HUI5194b-Caroline-Polachek.jpg)
Caroline Polachek
the newness
is
the youness
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b396793635f1e8ae9f8a35bd2c09a2809f61769d3d1ebfac0ff0441d2e2d97bc/HUI5206a-Agnes-Varda.jpg)
Agnès Varda
a day
without seeing a tree
is a waste of a day
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e41c5e2835114ef3f50e1fbf036f4f7fef4eeab0bbfa9118079a10146a9ae97b/HUI5210a-Caleb-Azumah-Nelson.jpg)
Caleb Azumah Nelson
the only thing which
matters to me in these
moments is how long
the song might last,
how long I can stretch
this freedom
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4392ba5144d4afe0d9391ecaecf9548e771a4d57f585d2e9607c9f6bd39708ad/HUI5230a-Raymond-Pettibon.jpg)
Raymond Pettibon
Speeyd reading is a lonngfst
lonngfst
realityy trypp.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f9055c04e2ac30205a54b496b4a95fb7fb4aefe7846584cd786639483407247/HUI5243a-William-Kentridge.jpg)
William Kentridge
God’s
Opinion
is
Unknown.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/336b21102cdc57e7f3ac9c7e77059a4ea680c5b67012db833792cac64041c3bc/HUI5246a-Seung-Taek-Lee.jpg)
Seung-Taek Lee
I saw the world upside down.
I thought the world upside down.
I lived the world upside down.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b297fca8deffe3007266d5797133a02767b075c078aba32aa72c7ebaaec68623/HUI5248a-Park-Seo-Bo.jpg)
Park Seo-Bo
Those who don’t change will perish.
But so will those who do.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a65b972a09ed9cb8ddcf2a0681a9012affdcc7c828b9d55046b5a91dda54903/HUI5249-Douglas-Coupland.jpg)
Douglas Coupland
what seems
random
usually
isn’t
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c29b9c023acfd0e5296261c2863a734527a32d82724c69d167f86031b1c51b8/HUI5253a-Nolan-Oswald-Dennis.jpg)
Nolan Oswald Dennis
COINCIDENCE
IS THE
LANDSCAPE
WE MOVE
THROUGH
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba8559082291b972d790bc6e780baf386bd4617fc3c13efd3f6cc5b9882a3238/HUI5258-Eun-Me-Ahn.jpg)
Eun-Me Ahn
When you smile, you will be blessed.
When you dance, you will be blessed
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12051ca4bd6b436f0ded91103b2440167e18e129e7822c2f0898b1c0b87f13a6/HUI5137a-Helene-Cixous.jpg)
Hélène Cixous
Am I the last line of this story or the
first one of the story that I will never know?
?
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65e99cd7d4093a1dc0c1988f759eb10be70d200a75f3315c6fdf1f23ea882fc4/HUI5260a-Paolo-Carzana.jpg)
Paolo Carzana
IMAGINE
WE COULD
BE THE ONES
TO CHANGE
IT ALL
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fe185700e8c0959c1627fe9d5a30a79b9f8aa283f9cf5386823f4e90bbfb176/HUI5261a-Stuart-Russell.jpg)
Stuart Russell
Thou shalt not
make a machine
in the likeness of
a human mind.
(Frank Herbert,
Dune, 11 th commandment)
Hans Ulrich Obrist is a world-renowned curator and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Alongside his curatorial practice, Obrist has written extensively on and around contemporary art, with a particular interest in the interview format.
Read Hans Ulrich Obrist’s conversation with Frederic Tuten.
All works copyright the authors.
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