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Secretary-at-Large Packer Descends Into the Underworld of America

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18, 2008 12:00 PM (EST/GMT +5 hours) The US Department of Art & Technology announces The Chronicles of the Secretary-at-Large, an account of Randall M. Packer’s perilous descent into the Underworld of America. The multimedia work, declassified from his forthcoming video opera, A Season in Hell, will be installed August 15th - September 27th at the Arlington Arts Center. See news release.


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