For anyone who has not seen the film by Thomas Reidelsheimer about Andy Goldsworthy, you are missing a real treat. Having spent time watching this again rather than some drivel on evening TV mid-week, I was reminded how many aspects of his work speak to us in a universal way. The relentlessness of Time marching on affects us all whether we like it or not and dominates all our lives wherever we live. The inevitability that natural forces will destroy his work in minutes, hours, days or months depending on the work, gives it an edge, a vibrancy, a life that is very real. Goldsworthy tells us and as we witness in the film that his work is often taken to ‘the edge of collapse’ and he feels that ‘too much control can be the death of a work.’ These are like mini-metaphors for what happens in life. Rivers and TIdes can be bought from Amazon for an amazing £4.99. For another amazing land artist, less well-known but producing no-less striking work is Chris Drury. Visit his website here
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