The Value of Failure

Friday 24 June 2005, 11.00–18.30 Tate Modern London
Success dominates universities and cultural institutions. No projects are funded unless success is guaranteed in advance. But we learn little from success, whereas failure can show where the true path lies. This event invites, among others, Stephen Frears, Tilda Swinton, Hanif Kureishi and Alan Yentob to examine the value of failure in a variety of creative and administrative contexts. This symposium is organised by the London Consortium for its tenth anniversary, in conjunction with the New York Public Library, where a second event on the same topic will be held later in the year.

An intriguing idea but tickets are rather pricy.