Woebot
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I used to be quite fond of this guys work, but gradually came to think of it as being really naff.
I think maybe there's TOO MUCH imagery in the constructions he makes. He can't resist his little new-age symbolism, there's so many Japanese-Print-style circular suns, too many pyrmaids, stone circles, quotations of Klee and Hans Arp. Isnt it possible to do this sort thing without interfering so much visually?
Also his success! Like the horrible snob I am I'll have to admit finding something slightly spoit by its ubiquitousness. And this has had another negative spin-off, much in the oft-remarked way that Advertising music ingested Jungles' breakbeat, you'll find Goldsworthy influenced graphic design everywhere. Just the other day I was in the Orange shop (oggling mobile phones) and they had a Goldsworthy-inspired shop interior, eugh.
However I picked up my book of him the other day and found these, where he's lain down in rain and snow, which are exactly what i'd like to see more of. And which RULE:
I think maybe there's TOO MUCH imagery in the constructions he makes. He can't resist his little new-age symbolism, there's so many Japanese-Print-style circular suns, too many pyrmaids, stone circles, quotations of Klee and Hans Arp. Isnt it possible to do this sort thing without interfering so much visually?
Also his success! Like the horrible snob I am I'll have to admit finding something slightly spoit by its ubiquitousness. And this has had another negative spin-off, much in the oft-remarked way that Advertising music ingested Jungles' breakbeat, you'll find Goldsworthy influenced graphic design everywhere. Just the other day I was in the Orange shop (oggling mobile phones) and they had a Goldsworthy-inspired shop interior, eugh.
However I picked up my book of him the other day and found these, where he's lain down in rain and snow, which are exactly what i'd like to see more of. And which RULE:
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