During a period in the 70s, Richard Serra began using the video medium, sometimes as a reference point his sculpture. The lead in Surprise Attack, is a reference to his sculpture, and to his earlier film Hand Catching Lead. The video involves the piece of lead being tossed back and forth, while reciting an excerpt from Shilling's "the Strategy of Conflict". The act is simplistic, and similar to physical motions used while thinking or speaking, is done to assist memory. The artist seems as though he is trying to recall a previous event.
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