Failure Project, zine, 2014

A SHORT DOCUMENTATION OF PERSONAL FAILURES

by MARIE DARSIGNY

As part of a performance art class, I have decided to revisit a few personal experiences that I consider (considered? not sure if I consider them failures anymore) failures. I contacted people involved in those events, and asked them WHY they think I had failed. Here are their answers.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS #1

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS #2

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS #3

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS #4

WORK/CAREER #1

WORK/CAREER #2

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PERSONAL PROJECT #1

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FINAL THOUGHTS Failure is relative Failure can be seen as practice I should try to get used to rejection Interacting with people = double feelings = double trouble B_ lhf^[h]r k^_nl^l mh dbll f^% B fb`am _^^e Z ebmme^ ankm% [nm B ee live People are really nice when you ask stuff nicely @^^s% ]hg m mabgd lh fn\a

Concordia University IMCA230 November 2013