Watch clips of two other works by Shaun Gladwell. To view these YouTube videos at school, your teacher will need to access them.
The performer appears to be floating, but what is really happening?
SHAUN GLADWELL Pataphysical Man
Amateur video of the installation at the Venice Biennale 2007 (Italy).
How important is the weather to this video? Why do you think this?
SHAUN GLADWELL Storm sequence (excerpt)
Footage of the installation displayed on two screens above a city intersection in Vancouver, Canada in January 2009.
How important is the weather to this video? Why do you think this?
SHAUN GLADWELL Storm sequence (excerpt)
Gladwell enjoys exploring the roles of performer in front of the camera and video producer behind the camera. He records his own performance, the performance of others and the interactions with their worlds. In Storm Sequence, Gladwell is the performer and artist. In Pataphysical Man, the performer is not Gladwell.
Select one of Gladwell’s video artworks and write your thoughts about the work in a few sentences. Consider things such as:
- what the work is about
Do you think the work is about:
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things that Gladwell loves to do
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doing things differently and having fun
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something that he has not done before
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exploring beautiful questions
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a combination of these?
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- Gladwell’s role
Was Gladwell the performer in front of the camera or was he behind the camera?
What might Gladwell need to consider and do differently when:
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he is the performer in front of the camera
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he is behind the camera recording someone else’s performance?
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Post to a class blog:
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the title of the work you selected
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your writing.