Failbase 831.xxx.4046 is a system for the collection and output of participant testimonies of failure. By leaving voicemail or sending SMS (text) messages to (831) xxx-4046, participants can submit their failures. As they speak or type, the failures are printed in the gallery as paper receipts. Visitors to the gallery space are encouraged to submit their own failures, as well as to read, cut, notate and file incoming failures according to how they see fit.
Failbase 831.xxx.4046 was conceived and created by me and Nick Lally under the auspices of E.G. Crichton who invited us to be part of Archive of What’s Left Behind.
