As a prelude to the 2012 exhibition, dOCUMENTA (13) and Hatje Cantz are publishing a series of notebooks, 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, comprised of facsimiles of existing notebooks, commissioned essays, collaborations and conversations.
"A note is a trace, a work, a drawing that all of a sudden becomes part of thinking, and is transformed into an idea. This publication follows that path, presenting the mind in a prologue state, in a pre-public arena. A space for intimacy and not yet of criticism, dOCUMENTA (13) is publishing the unpublishable, the voice--and the reader is our alibai and ally. Note taking encompasses witnessing, drawing, writing, and diagrammatic thinking; it is speculative, manifests a preliminary moment, a passage, and acts as a memory aid." dOCMENTA (13) media release
