2020 Vision
How can we make sense of the digital world as information multiplies exponentially? Online content is proliferating at an astonishing pace that is much faster than we can possibly hope to match. We are constantly bombarded with headlines, clickbait titles, and fake news.
In 2020 Vision, Robert Good externalised some of this relentless information using animations of headlines to reflect a sense of anxiety as we are besieged with questions, some trivial and some vitally important. These animations grew on the screen like a virus in a Petri dish before gradually receding again.
About the Artist
Robert Good is an artist based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is the editor of A New Dictionary of Art, and founder and director of the artist collective Art Language Location. His podcast, Something To Do With Art, features discussions with experimental artists about what they do and why.
Recurring themes in his work include the limitations of language, the problems of knowledge, and the transition from analogue to digital. He has an ongoing interest in the astronomical sublime. His previous works include 3000 definitions of “Art” for A New Dictionary of Art and 13,000 news headlines for BREAKING. Other projects include Dr Good Investigates... What Is Reality? displayed at Science Gallery Rotterdam in November 2020, and Bookworks at University of West England, Bristol in 2021.
