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Video and Language/Video as Language

November 22 – December 30, 1987

 
John Baldessari
Some Words I Mispronounce, 1972
1 min., B/W, silent
 
Baldessari turns to the blackboard and writes six words. He does not pronounce them. Of course, in our mind we do. This becomes a beautiful illustration of the phonemic origin of written English.
 

   
   
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