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Storm Sequence is a video artwork by Australian contemporary artist Shaun Gladwell completed in 2000. [1] [2] The video is arguably the best known work of Gladwell's artworks and features the artist skateboarding on a concrete platform by the oceanside. [3] Within the 11-minute duration of the video, Gladwell performs balletic freestyle skateboarding manoeuvres as a storm gathers intensity in the background. Storm Sequence is one of the first videos to be traded as an artwork within the Australian Art market, thus launching the medium commercially in Australia. [4]

Juliana Engberg describes the piece as "Iconic, mesmerising, atmospheric and in a zone of its own, Storm Sequence is compelling in its use of place, pace and proposition." [5]

"The strange, poetic intervention of the natural world, combined with the well-known nature of the place where it is performed, creates a compelling and mesmeric work. The importance of Storm Sequence lies in the pivotal role it has played in the reception, exhibition and acceptance of moving image as an art form in this country. This work is an important cornerstone in the MCA's Collection." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "- LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES – new cinema and contemporary art -". art-action.org. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Storm Sequence". Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Home Sweet Home Works from the Peter Fay collection". nga.gov.au. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Simon Rees, "The Sixth Side of the Prism: looking for Shaun Gladwell" in "Shaun Gladwell Cycles of Radical Will", De La Warr Pavilion. 2013, p. 117, ISBN   978-0-9562866-3-5
  5. ↑ "Video art masterpiece | The Monthly". themonthly.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Storm Sequence". scanlines.net. Retrieved 29 April 2016.


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