Review tylerisrandom 3/5 · Jan 20, 2019
In the Art of Stopping
Remember when they used to sell aquarium screensavers for $20 in department stores? Compared to those, Mountain is a bargain ($0.99) and a triumph... a modestly interactive, reasonably pretty, occasionally thought-provoking way of occupying those pixels you weren't using anyway.
But Mountain isn't billed as a screensaver or sold in department stores, which is probably why it continues to draw …
Remember when they used to sell aquarium screensavers for $20 in department stores? Compared to those, Mountain is a bargain ($0.99) and a triumph... a modestly interactive, reasonably pretty, occasionally thought-provoking way of occupying those pixels you weren't using anyway.
But Mountain isn't billed as a screensaver or sold in department stores, which is probably why it continues to draw the ire of many reviewers.
It may be coincidence that Mountain is only one letter off from Duchamp's 1917 sculpture, Fountain. It may also be coincidence that both works challenge the audience's preconceived notion of what is or isn't acceptable in their respective context. Perhaps critics of both works are onto something... maybe these really are the products of lazy asset flippers who've run out of ideas.
But then again, maybe not.
