Issue #006 — FAILURE 失敗

The sweetest victory is the one that’s hardest to achieve, the one that requires you to reach down deep inside — without knowing if your effort will be enough. Society doesn’t reward defeat, and you won’t find many failures documented in history books. However, this might be the most interesting time to seriously think about failure.

But what is failure? Isn’t it just a term to judge encounters that we don’t feel positive about? It’s all a matter of perspective — as Thomas Alva Edison said — “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10.000 ways that won’t work.” Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success — it is a Yin & Yang. Opposite forces that are actually complementary and interconnected.

We talked to a lot of inspiring people about the meaning of failure, how to make use of it and where it can lead you. Actors Rebecca Hall and Charlie R. Heaton share some insights about their lives, gallerist Johann König investigates failure with Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Bill Kaulitz speaks up and Chris Maggio gives us a good look at the current state of America. Without continuing too far down the existential route, at the end of life there is death. Or as we could call it: “a biological failure”. After all, we are designed to fail. It’s only natural.




Contents
Rebecca Hall, Charlie R. Heaton, Lena Hardt, Johann König with Elmgreen & Dragset, Céline, Louis Vuitton, Chris Maggio, Filip Custic, Bill Kaulitz, Preston Chaunsumlit, Laura Kampman, Hermann Nitsch & Oliver Heilmer

Cover
“Untitled” (Prada Marfa, 2005)
by Elmgreen and Dragset
photographed by Stefan Dotter

Characteristics
Language: English
Pages: 208
Size: 22 cm x 29 cm
Printed in Germany
ISSN: 2363-8745

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