Experience #fail, an exhibition of works by 25 artists that expose the systemic failures facing our world – now available virtually in interactive 3D! Explore the exhibition from your computer or mobile device, and browse additional content including performances, artist interviews, and more.
About the Exhibition:
Throughout #fail, the systems we are born into are distilled and presented as sculpture, video, photography, painting, printmaking, site specific and participatory installation, and performance. Labor, service and servitude, unexamined caste systems, environmental catastrophe, migration, uncelebrated otherness and the incapacity of language to make meaning whole, are together treated as social and poetic material. Meeting this moment’s crisis with mitigated nihilism, the artists express our existence as a failure worth narrating.
This program is part of Inter[SECTOR], the CAC’s three-year multidisciplinary arts programming centering cross-sector engagements with the fields of carceral justice, healthcare, and the environment. Learn more
Explore the Exhibition in 3D on the Matterport Platform!
How to get started:
After following the link, you will be dropped into the floor plan for the exhibition. The “Help” menu icon in the lower right, will open a screen with “Navigation” instructions, and “More Help” explaining the features of the Matterport platform. For the best experience, it is recommended to view the exhibition in "Full Screen" mode, via the icon in the lower right corner. To navigate the entire space from above, click the "Dollhouse" icon in the lower left corner of your screen.
Navigating the space:
To move through the space with your mouse, click on the screen to move or “walk” around, click and drag to shift your view or “look” around, and use your scroll function to focus your view larger or smaller. To navigate using a keyboard, the up and down arrows move you forward and back, the left and right arrows shift your view, and the plus and minus keys focus in and out. For navigation help in the app, click "More Help" for details.
Exploring the works:
Each work of art in the exhibition is marked with a blue orb – click or tap on a marker to learn more about each work and view related content! Please note that some works are located outside of the CAC building and inside the CAC Atrium.
Watch the Performance: Melody of Certain Damage #4 and #10 by Naama Tsabar
In the series Melodies of Certain Damage, Naama Tsabar appropriates the iconic and overtly macho trope of breaking the guitar. Tsabar breaks guitars, but not for the public – and the act is not the climax but rather the process, the beginning of the creation. The death of the object becomes the starting point of the new project.
Enjoy this special recording of the work performed live and recorded Saturday, March 12 at the CAC New Orleans, featuring performers Tasche de la Rocha, Larkin Grimm, and Naama Tsabar.
#fail Artist Video Featurettes
The CAC presents two special featurettes with #fail artists Sinisa Kukec and Nathalie Alfonso that delve into what inspires their work and artistic practice.
#fail is a multimedia group exhibition that brings together works by twenty five artists that expose the systemic failures facing our world.
Throughout the exhibition, the systems we are born into are distilled and presented as sculpture, video, photography, painting, printmaking, site specific and participatory installation, and performance. Labor, service and servitude, unexamined caste systems, environmental catastrophe, migration, uncelebrated otherness and the incapacity of language to make meaning whole, are together treated as social and poetic material. Meeting this moment’s crisis with mitigated nihilism, the artists express our existence as a failure worth narrating.
Anthony Spinello (b. 1982, Brooklyn, New York) is a curator, gallerist, and creative director. In 2005 he founded Spinello Projects, a Miami-based contemporary art program. It is a gallery, creative space, and an innovative platform for nomadic site specific curatorial projects. In 2014 Spinello Projects produced Auto Body, a non-commercial exhibition featuring thirty three women artists, nominated by a platform of over thirty five international women curators, in Miami and in 2015 at Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires. In 2017 and 2018 respectively, Anthony Spinello organized, Fair. and FREE!, two non-commercial art fair curatorial projects at Brickell City Center, Miami, Florida. In 2018, Spinello was honored as a Miami Knight Arts Champion. Spinello Projects has participated in major international art fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, NADA NY, EXPO Chicago, MACO, ArtBO, and ABC Berlin. Spinello Projects has placed works by represented artists in major museums such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim, SFMOMA, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Rubell Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, and ICA Miami. Anthony Spinello lives and works in Miami, FL.
This program is part of Inter[SECTOR], the CAC’s three-year multidisciplinary arts programming centering cross-sector engagements with the fields of carceral justice, healthcare, and the environment. During the 2021-2022 season, Inter[SECTOR] examines a diversity of experiences and expressions emerging from issues of health; from the coronavirus to AIDS pandemic, technological innovations and designs in the healthcare field, to concerns of mental health, grief, disease, and ableness. Each project draws upon the artists own experiences and seeks to connect with impacted communities as well as general audiences. Learn more
Proof of vaccination or negative PCR test is required for admission to the CAC. Mask-wearing is required at all times when not actively eating or drinking. Questions? Contact us at info@cacno.org
The CAC's virtual exhibition for #fail was made possible with support from The Knight Foundation. The participation of Miami-based artists in #fail is made possible with support from Oolite Arts.
