Religion is FAIL(E)

Temple (2010), a site-specific environment by the Brooklyn-based artist collective FAILE (PATRICK MCNEIL & PATRICK MILLER).

FAILE’s Temple was a full-scale church in ruins in Praça dos Restauradores Square, one of the major squares in the center of Lisbon, Portugal. For this installation, they used both the typical motifs they use in their work and styles and material that are typical for Lisbon, such as the ceramic tiles. The building also features wrought iron gating and concrete relief work, from local and foreign manufacturers, and familiar FAILE images, such as the barking dog logo that appear in the reliefs, and a white, blue, and gold color palette as a reference to the Portuguese landscape.