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Tincuta Heinzel
Tincuta
Heinzel
Hillevi Munthe
Hillevi
Munthe
Teresa Almeida
Teresa
Almeida
Corina Andor
Corina
Andor
Anca Badut
Anca
Badut
Camille Baker
Camille
Baker
Anna Biro
Anna
Biro
Shih Wei Chieh
Shih Wei
Chieh
Renata Gaui
Renata
Gaui
Maria Paulina Gutierrez Arango
Maria Paulina Gutierrez
Arango
Shary Kock
Shary
Kock
Ebru Kurbak
Ebru
Kurbak
Aline Martinez Santos
Aline Martinez
Santos
Ionut Patrascu
Ionut
Patrascu
Veerle Pennock
Veerle
Pennock
Ioana Popescu
Ioana
Popescu
Zoran Popovici
Zoran
Popovici
Afroditi Psarra
Afroditi
Psarra
Natacha Roussel
Natacha
Roussel
Annette Schmid
Annette
Schmid
Kate Sicchio
Kate
Sicchio
Vitalii Shupliak
Vitalii
Shupliak
Rebecca Stewart
Rebecca
Stewart
Milie John Tharakan
Milie John
Tharakan
Giulia Tomasello
Giulia
Tomasello
Bram van Waardenberg
Bram van
Waardenberg
Pauline Vierne
Pauline
Vierne
Attempts, failures, trials and errors. Notes on an exhibition of failed prototypes and rejected projects
Loughborough University
2020
E-textiles
Attempts
Failures
Trials and errors
Prototyping
Publishing
Technical development
Institutional constraints
Information Systems
2020-04-08 14:01:21
Conference contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Attempts_failures_trials_and_errors_Notes_on_an_exhibition_of_failed_prototypes_and_rejected_projects/12093945
In this paper, we present the history, the concept and the results of “Attempts, Failures, Trials and Errors” exhibition project which was first presented in the frame of Piksel Festival in Bergen, Norway (November 2017) and later on at “Salonul de Proiecte”, Bucharest, Romania (February 2018). The project aimed to incite the e-textiles artists and designers to reflect upon the way they are engaging with their failures, as well as to the way in which they use these failures to better understand the context in which they are working and to continue to experiment. Our approach reverses the common R&D constructivist methods, by using deconstruction as a process of investigation in the field of wearable technologies and e-textiles. By questioning the ideas and the concepts of failure and success, the project puts an emphasis on art’s capacity to be critical, while at the same time to poetically and self-ironically address contemporary challenges and concerns.