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 FAILING FORWARD

In Failing Forward, Marjolein Blom touches on the core of what connects art, science, and life; that all are uncertain exercises with uncertain results. Her own photographic work of major and minor mysteries from the everyday world is interwoven with images from the NASA archive, depicting scientists working on spacecraft models.

Fifty years ago, in an era popularly known as the Space Age, optimism about scientific progress seemed endless. But, while techniques from the space industry found a way into our daily lives, science and the everyday world grew increasingly apart. Scientific interpretations are complicated for non-experts to grasp, resulting in an exchange based on trust. This relationship has always been fragile but - in recent years - even became unstable, with scientific facts often regarded as opinions.

Failing Forward - a kaleidoscopic work of oddities - is a book that revolves around truth-finding, wonder and the illusion of human control.

  • Essay Fail Better

    written by Vincent Icke

  • Introduction

    written by Merel Bem

 

DETAILS

208 × 290 mm | 120 p + folded poster | EN/NL
offset | Swiss bound softcover | Edition 700


Photographs - Marjolein Blom + NASA Archive (1943–2013)

Editing and Concept - Ellen Sanders + Marjolein Blom

Design - Dongyoung Lee

Introduction - Merel Bem

Essay - Vincent Icke

Archive Credits - NASA Image and Video Library

Paper Advice - Esther Krop (de Monsterkamer)

Lithography - Marc Gijzen

Production - Printing Matters

Printing - Wilco Art Books

Publisher - The Eriskay Connection


The publication of Failing Forward is generously supported by:

Mondriaan Fund | Stichting Niemeijer Fund | Tijl Fund | Stichting Stokroos