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Joseph DiMattia / Darkness Visible, Visible Darkness

May 29, 1983

Linguistic-oriented performance by Joseph DiMattia with Sue Dorman, J.P. Kovacs, Pamela Casey and Steven Nagier.

Filed Under: 1980-1984, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1983, Darkness Visible Visible Darkness, J.P. Kovacs, Joseph DiMattia, Joseph DiMattia / Darkness Visible Visible Darkness, language, Pamela Casey, performance, Steven Nagier, Sue Dorman

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