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Dial-A-Poem by John Giorno — VisualArtsDB

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Dial-A-Poem

1968

Medium: Recordings of 200 poems by 80 poets, four telephones; original answering machine, telephone, reel-to-reel tape recorders, and microphone; printed and handwritten ephemera
Dimensions: Dimensions variable
Genre: installation
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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