Beautiful failures (or lovely misfits) is an homage to coincidence and imperfection. To invite coincidence, we are open to surprises. When embracing imperfection we can experience a different kind of beauty, one that is free of rules and guidelines. It’s a continuing project, small in size and huge in numbers.
“To demand of yourself to be perfect, is like imprisoning yourself. I think it’s absolutely a shame that people waste so much time and energy because of their fear to fail. No one can predict the future, and no one can be 100% certain of a particular outcome. To be uncertain can be liberating!” – Puk, 2014 Rotterdam.
Some polaroids within this project, seemingly interact with the main subject. Thus creating surprising outcomes, see below.
More often than not, the expired polaroids create small colourful abstract paintings. Sometimes showing a few hints of what might have been in front of the camera. Some of the deeper coloured polaroids part of Beautiful Failures.