2134/12093945.v1 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.