Hikaru: Fast Food Sequence, (2001) by Shaun Gladwell

Shaun Gladwell

(Australia 1972– )

Hikaru: Fast Food Sequence

Other titles:

Hikaru Sequences, Hikaru Fast Food Sequence

Location

Not on display

Further information

This video embodies Gladwell's core practice: slowed recordings of urban subcultural practitioners occupying public space in unexpected ways. Young people balance their bodies with extreme skill to undertake physically complex interactions with the zones in which they are situated – metro stations, shopping malls, retail outlets.

'Hikaru: Fast Food Sequences' is an important early Gladwell from the same period as his famous 'Storm Sequence' (2000) and 'Tangara' (2003). In it a 'freestyler' bike rider tip-toes his bike into a fast food outlet and then out again, barely noticed by the consumers intent on ordering their burgers and fries. The work skilfully contrasts slickly marketed junk food with an alternate momentary intervention into the spaces designed for its sale and consumption.

Place of origin

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Year

2001

Media

Time-based media, DVD

Medium

DV/DVD, single channel video, 4:9 ratio, colour, silent, 10:55 min

Dimensions

dimensions variable

Signature & date

Signed Certificate of Authenticity lower c., black fibre-tipped pen "Shaun Gladwell".

Credit

Gift of Amanda Love 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Accession number

213.2011