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Phyllis Baldino 菲利斯．巴爾迪諾
The Unknown Series (excerpts) 不可知系列（節錄）
1994–1996
In thirty short scenarios, each less than a minute long, video artist Phyllis Baldino creates, then attempts to use, devices of unknown meaning and uncertain function. Donning distinct personas—signalled through her clothing—for each clip, she bridges the categories of performance and video art. The work was fuelled by the artist’s insight that ‘Americans will sell you anything, even if they do not know what it is’, a habit of exchange that enabled her to acquire the variety of unfamiliar or unwanted objects she transforms on screen. Baldino’s scrappy hybrids offer a commentary on popular fads for specialised gadgetry, DIY culture, and the persistent march of consumer capitalism that leaves behind numerous obsolete and forgotten things.
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