Goyoson
Goyoson is a sculptor whose sculptures change depending on who experiences them and how. He explores the mutable potential of sculpture while investigating the conditions of sculpture in motion today. From hand-carved, amorphous forms to works made with perishable materials such as food, he varies his use of materials and textures to expand the expressive range of sculpture. While pursuing process-based sculptures that transform over time, he also investigates the materiality and ways of being of sculpture.
Sculpture that can be touched or reclined upon; sculpture to be tasted and digested; sculpture as a performative object. His work moves across disciplines such as music, poetry, theater, and cooking, opening up a range of sensory experiences for the audience. These sculptures exist in shifting states, contingent on each moment. They are touched, broken, collapsed, and reconfigured by those who encounter them, continuously transforming their forms.
Goyoson pursues a plurality of sculptural forms in which multiple modes can coexist within the sculptural medium. His works merge with other media, allowing the exhibition experience to unfold organically. Collaborations with musicians, patissiers, video artists, and poets operate differently depending on each context. In particular, projects that bear the collaborators’ names as titles reflect his way of invoking those around him while repositioning the artist’s role within a complex web of relationships. Ultimately, his practice invites a reconsideration of sculpture as a form that encompasses the people, objects, actions, and environments of everyday life—both inside and outside the exhibition space.
