Vito Acconci Movies
- 1973
Command Performance
Command Performance01973HD
Torn over the pressure to perform for his audience, Acconci fantasizes about "a dancing bear" who takes his place, performing in the spotlight, doing...
- 1970
Run Off
Run Off01970HD
A ten minute super-8mm work from 1970 by Vito Acconci.
- 1970
Open-Close
Open-Close01970HD
In this performance based tape, Acconci uses his body to explore notions of opening and closure.
- 2006
You're Going to Die!
You're Going to Die!02006HD
"You’re Going to Die!" is a children’s story exploring one simple idea ad nauseum bonum. This video treatment by Dennis Palazzolo adapts...
- 1972
Seedbed
Seedbed01972HD
“In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he...
- 1970
Three Adaptation Studies
Three Adaptation Studies01970HD
Three-part short film. In 'Blindfold Catching', a blindfolded Acconci reacts, flinching and lunging, as rubber balls are repeatedly thrown at him...
- 1974
Full Circle
Full Circle01974HD
"I walk in a circle around the camera: sometimes I'm on screen, sometimes I'm off, sometimes I change direction, leaving the screen on one side and...
- 1973
Air Time
Air Time01973HD
Super-8mm footage documenting the gallery set-up for Acconci's exhibition AIR-TIME at Sonnabend Gallery in 1973.
- 1972
Face to Face
Face to Face01972HD
"In this exercise in nonverbal communication, Acconci explores facial expressions, and their psychological resonance, as a mode of performance...
- 1970
See Through
See Through01970HD
"Acconci spars with his close-up image in a mirror. He then breaks the mirror, destroying his image." - Electronic Arts Intermix
- 1972
Go Between
Go Between01972HD
A super-8mm short by Vito Acconci
- 1974
Face of the Earth
Face of the Earth01974HD
In Face of the Earth, Acconci's face becomes a metaphorical theater for a narrative drama of the mythic American landscape. Eyes closed, his face...
- 1971
Contacts
Contacts01971HD
Contacts is one of a series of tapes in which Acconci creates a controlled performance situation to explore the limits of a private space. Applying...
- 1971
Second Hand
Second Hand01971HD
Documentation of an evening of three simultaneous performances (Terry Fox, Dennis Oppenheim, Vito Acconci), in January 1971. In each alcove a light...
- 1971
Training Ground
Training Ground01971HD
A super-8mm document (blown up to 16mm) of Acconci's performance of the same name in which he covered almost the entirety of the gallery space with a...
- 1970
Lick
Lick01970HD
A five minute super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
- 1973
Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci01973HD
This early document is a videotaped interview ("videoview") of Vito Acconci by Willoughby Sharp during which they discuss Acconci's development as an...
- 1971
Watch
Watch01971HD
Acconci's face is seen in close-up. His eyes trace, in real time, the movement of the hands of an off-screen clock.
- 1973
Home Movies
Home Movies01973HD
In this powerful "meta-document," Acconci sits in the dark with his back to a screen, onto which are projected slides of his past works, in...
- 1970
Two Takes
Two Takes01970HD
Acconci oftens performs controlled actions as if he had entered into a contractual agreement to test his physical limitations. In Grass/Mouth,...