Folding Hat (1971)
30m
Running Time
January 1, 1971Release Date
Folding Hat (1971)
30m
Running Time
January 1, 1971Release Date
Plot.
'Folding Hat' is a deadpan conceptual exercise that represents a dashed attempt to rescue an object from the meaning assigned to it. Whistling an aria from The Barber of Seville, Baldessari bends and folds a simple hat into numerous configurations. However, for the duration of the exercise, which unfolds in real time, the object never loses its "hatness." In the end it is untransmutable—no escape can be made from its meaning. Although Baldessari tries to drive a wedge between the signifier and signified, the viewer never misrecognizes the hat.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time30m
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