ARTIST FEATURE
/JOSEPH GODDARD Based in the city of Leeds, United Kingdom, artist Joseph Goddard is an artist predominantly concerned with post-war architecture, its inherent ideology, formal aesthetics, structural forms and the effect it has upon its inhabitants. He explores these ideas through a multitude of mediums ranging from sculpture, photography, painting, illustration and print. In his latest body of work titled ‘Structure of Collapse’, Joseph explores the idea of the city as an enduring speculative technology. Through a series of sculptures, he represents large social and cultural epochs, connecting ancient conceptions of cities built to mirror the constellation of the stars to the astrological age of Pisces, which charts the period from approximately 100 BC to 2500 AD. Drawing inspiration from the French Philosopher Paul Virilio, he envisions cities as cultural and technological hubs, its residents absorbing its ideology which is beamed down from satellites, its dystopic vision a reference to its endless crisis. www.josephgoddardartist.com
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