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Teaching a Plant the Alphabet (1972) – Official Trailer, Cast & Details

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Teaching a Plant the Alphabet at a Glance

Teaching a Plant the Alphabet is a 1972 film helmed by John Baldessari. It runs 18 minutes and came out on January 1, 1972.

CountryUnited States of America
Release StatusReleased
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Storyline & Synopsis

“[A] rather perverse exercise in futility,” this tape documents Baldessari’s response to Joseph Beuys’s influential performance, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare. Baldessari’s approach here is characteristically subtle and ironic, involving ordinary objects and a seemingly banal task. The philosophical underpinnings of Baldessari’s exercise are structuralist theories about the opaque and artificial nature of language as a system of signs. Using a common houseplant to represent nature and instructional flashcards to represent the alphabet, Baldessari ironically illustrates this theorem. That language is the structuring element of the tape—the length of the tape was determined by the number of letters in the alphabet—enforces the connection between language and art, a recurrent theme in Baldessari’s work.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Teaching a Plant the Alphabet

When was Teaching a Plant the Alphabet released?

Teaching a Plant the Alphabet was released on January 1, 1972.

What is the runtime of Teaching a Plant the Alphabet?

Teaching a Plant the Alphabet has a runtime of 18 minutes (18 minutes).

Who directed Teaching a Plant the Alphabet?

Teaching a Plant the Alphabet was directed by John Baldessari.

What movies are similar to Teaching a Plant the Alphabet?

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