Skateboards vs Minimalism
Where sculptures become skateboard ramps.
Overview
What's the difference between a minimalist sculpture and a skate ramp? Or are they one and the same thing? Internationally adored video artist Shaun Gladwell and freestyle skating champion Rodney Mullen teamed up to engage in some "creative misuse" and find out.
While Gladwell filmed and the music of Phillip Glass played, Mullen got busy skating all over some of the world's most respected American minimal sculptures. We're talking works by the likes of Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Dan Flavin. You can rest assured that no damage was done, but the video does encourage you to reconsider the boundaries between art and sport, between beauty and function, and, naturally, between sculpture and skating. Blurred lines aren't always a bad thing (well, as long as Robin Thicke isn't handling them, that is).
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