Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985–1987 (Cassette) nick relph The effect radically expanded the

The effect radically expanded the instrument’s possibilities

Monk’s famous maxim—“The piano ain’t got no wrong notes”—opened up something essential for her

an artist book by New York City based

” —Svetlana Kitto

preserving each beautiful moment

Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985–1987 (Cassette) nick relph The effect radically expanded theBlue Abstraction compiles a selection of Jessica Williams lost prepared piano recordings. These recordings document the beginning of a vital, solitary phase in her career: a period of intense sonic experimentation that began with physically altering a 64 grand pianocreating a new instrument, and from there, creating a new music. The results are breathtaking; from melancholic soundscapes with Satie esque lyricism to forcefully controlled cacophony,