Wholphin Film, “The Contest,” A Failure!
FAILURE WONDERFUL TERRIBLE RIDICULOUS
A presentation of video and performance-based artwork by:
My Barbarian
Sam Green
Julie Lequin
Emily Roysdon
Wholphin (Brent Hoff)
Organized by Nicole Antebi, Robby Herbst, and Irene Tsatsos
Opening March 10, 6-10pm, UCLA
Park Projects is pleased to present a group exhibition that explores the positive aspects of failure. “Failure Ridiculous Terrible Wonderful” features works that can be characterized as privileging a heartfelt appreciation of the effort expended to realize a goal, even if the goal itself remains elusive or even unattainable, rather than the goal itself.
Like the 1970s New Games phenomenon, it celebrates effort over effect, engagement over outcome.
“Failure Ridiculous Terrible Wonderful” is being mounted in conjunction with the book Failure! Experiments in Aesthetic and Social Practices published by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press.
www.joaap.org