A spatial-design study, fall 2003
Repetition, Segmentation and Differentiation
This spatial-design study by Anjali Arora explores a connection between Andy Goldsworthy's work, repeated and segmented forms, and pre-robotics. The surviving January 2004 capture preserves the introduction to a project filed under the fall 2003 coursework directory.
Natural materials and repeated forms
Arora begins with Goldsworthy's use of found natural materials and limited tools. Her analysis follows forms resembling snakes, nests, webs and animal trails, then compares them with constructed arches and whorls.
The central argument concerns constraints: the materials and methods chosen for a work help shape the structures that emerge. In Arora's reading, repetition and segmentation connect the resulting artworks to forms found in nature.
Follow the study
The original page organised its further material under four headings: Andy Goldsworthy, Nature, Art and Robots. The archived introduction below is the starting point for exploring that sequence and its illustrations.
This study also sits alongside Artbrush's information-design projects, where natural forms became a way to think about organising and navigating information.