Mistakes were Made

2025 |  CREATIVE CODING, CRAFTING

MISTAKES_WERE_MADE is a project that embraces the mistakes we make in a creative process. As we experiment, try new things and push further, making errors is not simply inevitable; it is essential. In the pursuit of perfection, it is easy to neglect the mistakes and errors that happen along the way. It’s not about getting things right the first time round; mistakes and failures are essential in the process leading to the end result. It’s in creating these mistakes and happy little errors where we discover another side to beauty and creativity.

Where the ‘final product’ is often the most polished piece as a result of all the trials and errors, it brings us to consider a new perspective: is the art the polished final piece, or is the art actually found in the process leading to what most define as the ‘final product’? Keeping this at the heart of our work, we created a series that deliberately showcases errors with works that have flawed elements, error messages, and appear seemingly broken. Within this chaos, however, lies the true narrative and beauty.

In embracing these ‘mistakes’, we are able to arrive at the final piece we were working towards. In embracing these ‘mistakes’, we are able to celebrate the process and organic nature of creation.

The data used in this project was derived from the blink, pulse, and breath rates from a group of individuals.

This project was done by Jared Chow, Letitia Yeo and Omar Athalla.

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01. RAW DATA INTERPRETATION








02. PROCESSED DATA (TOUCHDESIGNER) 








03A. POSTER








03B. PUBLICATION








04. INTERACTIVE JUKEBOX









05. AUDIOVISUAL PIECE & SOUND SCORE









06. SHOWCASE