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Dana Atchley

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Mixed MediaContemporary

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The Second Link: Viewpoints on Video in the Eighties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Projects: Video XIX, Part II

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Dana Atchley was an American digital storyteller and sound artist who pioneered narrative forms in interactive media during the 1980s and 1990s. Working with early computer technology and audio installation, he developed multimedia works that combined personal memoir, electronic sound design, and audience participation. His practice anticipated contemporary forms of immersive storytelling and established methods for archiving spoken narrative in digital space.

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Contemporary

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Mixed Media

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (7)

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THE EPITAPH ON UNCLE NICK GRINDSTAFF'S GRAVE ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN ABOVE SHADY VALLEY, TENNESSEE, plate 4 (folio 6) from SIX RUSTICATED, WALL-EYED

1969

composition 13 x 12 15/16" (33.1 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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A CHORALE* OF CHEROKEE NIGHT MUSIC AS HEARD THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW IN SUMMER LONG AGO, plate 5 (folio 7) from SIX RUSTICATED, WALL-EYED POEMS

1969

composition 13 1/16 x 12 15/16" (33.2 x 32.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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JOHN CHAPMAN PULLS OFF THE HIGHWAY TOWARDS KENTUCKY & CASTS A COLD EYE ON THE MOST ASTONISHING SIGN IN RECENT AMERICAN LETTERS

1969

composition 13 x 12 15/16" (33.1 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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A MNEMONIC WALLPAPER PATTERN FOR SOUTHERN TWO-SEATERS, plate 1 (folio 3) from SIX RUSTICATED, WALL-EYED POEMS

1969

composition 13 x 12 15/16" (33.1 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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MEANWHILE, DOWN AT THE FORMICARY, TIME FLIES, plate 2 (folio 4) from SIX RUSTICATED, WALL-EYED POEMS

1969

composition 13 1/16 x 12 15/16" (33.2 x 32.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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SNUFFY SMITH'S COLOSSAL MAW FROM WAR-WOMAN DELL, GEORGIA, plate 3 (folio 5) from SIX RUSTICATED, WALL-EYED POEMS

1969

composition 13 1/16 x 12 15/16" (33.2 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Six Rusticated, Wall-Eyed Poems

1969 · Illustrated book with six screenprints

Page: 18 1/16 x 18 1/16" (45.8 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Contemporary

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition The Second Link: Viewpoints on Video in the Eighties

New York · 1983

Group Exhibition Projects: Video XIX, Part II

New York · 1978