THE CLOCK

The Clock is a mixed media artwork by David Dann, begun in 2019 and completed in 2025. The twelve stories on this website, accessed by the links below, correspond to the twelve combined hours on the piece’s four-hand pendulum clock, pictured above.

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    Hour 01/11

    Tall Clocks of Connecticut
    “Making a Timekeeper”
    1894

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  • Hour 02/10

    Grade School Essay
    “My Summer Vacation”
    1962

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    Hour 03/09

    The New Yorker
    ”Freedom”
    1966

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    Hour 04/08

    The Atlantic Monthly
    ”Day Trip”
    1970

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  • Hour 05/07

    The Threepenny Review
    ”The Moment”
    1971

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  • Hour 06/06

    Granta
    ”Giant Steps”
    1974

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  • Hour 07/05

    Horologia:
    Collected Short Stories
    ”Chapter 6: Marla”
    1980

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  • Hour 08/04

    Criminal Behavior
    ”A Play in One Short Act”
    1984

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  • Hour 09/03

    A Grand Sonnerie
    ”East Hill Indiscretions”
    1992

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  • Hour 10/02

    Psychology Today
    ”The Curious Case
    of Savvy D”
    2007

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  • Hour 11/01

    Art Schism
    ”Ghosts: An Existential Redux”
    2022

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  • Hour 12/12

    The Clock
    “Creating the End of Time”
    2023-24

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