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1999: currently chicago based video artist mary patten created a short film titled: letter to a missing woman
2006: currently chicago based video artist matt pierce documented his discovery of patten's piece, his reactions to the piece, and his efforts to contact patten in response

marypatten:lettertoamissingwoman:found is a result of the ongoing relationship pierce has with patten's coded video piece. while originally presented with a performative element, the piece now exists primarily as a document of it's own.