Attempting work.

How to Work Better:
Fischli/Weiss

1. Do one thing at a time

2. Know the problem

3. Learn to listen

4. Learn to ask questions

5. Distinguish sense from nonsense

6. Accept change as inevitable

7. Admit mistakes

8. Say it simple

9. Be calm

10. Smile

I recently crept up dusty rickety stairway of the Swiss Institute in Soho to see a Fischli/Weiss exhibit. Knowing a little about Switzerland I expected a rather clean and orderly place with sharp lines and technology; instead I refreshingly found an old loft that remained completely unconverted and filthy. I read about the show in New York Magazine and it was in its final days when I finally got there. Peter Fischli and David Weiss posted these words in their work room to keep order amongst their explosions and videos and other uncategorized projects.