FAILING FORWARD

Fifty years ago, optimism concerning scientific progress seemed endless. However, while the techniques from the space industry found a way into our daily lives, science grew increasingly apart from the everyday world. Scientific interpretations are c
omplicated for non-experts to grasp, resulting in an exchange based on trust.

The truth is that science actually is a temporary and uncertain activity, with ambiguity, curiosity and unpredictability as fundamental elements of its process./>
In Failing Forward Marjolein Blom (NL) explores what connects art and science. Mysteries from the everyday world are interwoven with images from the NASA archive. A kaleidoscopic work of oddities that focuses upon the notion of the attempt.