Centers
Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor.
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Acconci's face is seen in close-up. His eyes trace, in real time, the movement of the hands of an off-screen clock.
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For Seven Easy Pieces Marina Abramovic reenacted five seminal performance works by her peers, dating from the 1960's and 70's, and two of her own...
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"Acconci spars with his close-up image in a mirror. He then breaks the mirror, destroying his image." - Electronic Arts Intermix
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A three-part video epic in which avant-garde artist Vito Acconci explores the relationship between the self and national mythology. Through...
See moreBreath In (To) / Out (Of)
The screen is empty: the artist stands off-screen — he breathes in and out, his stomach moving into and out of the frame.
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Torn over the pressure to perform for his audience, Acconci fantasizes about "a dancing bear" who takes his place, performing in the spotlight...
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"Unavailable until recently, Corrections is Acconci's first single-channel video. Back to the camera, with only his head and bare shoulders visible...
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Vito Acconci
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“In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he masturbated...
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Super-8mm footage documenting the gallery set-up for Acconci's exhibition AIR-TIME at Sonnabend Gallery in 1973.
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"A view of a brick wall: the artist enters and walks from one side to the other, back and forth, row after row." - Electronic Arts Intermix
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The two-channel piece Remote Control is an exercise in manipulation and control between artist and subject, male and female. On separate channels...
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Acconci lies naked on a gurney-like table, rocking back and forth as a tape-loop of his voice describes his anxieties about exposing his body and...
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In Theme Song, Acconci uses video as close-up to establish a perversely intimate relation with the viewer, creating a personal space in which to...
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A ten minute super-8mm work from 1970 by Vito Acconci.
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A super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
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A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring...
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Face-Off is an ironic collusion of private and public, of exposure and masking, a tense ritual wherein Acconci divulges and then censors his...
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In Conversions II, the second in a trilogy of films interrogating the rigidity of gender binarism, the artist attempts to feminize his...
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