Vito Acconci Movies

  • 1973
    Command Performance

    Command Performance

    Command Performance

    01973HD

    Torn over the pressure to perform for his audience, Acconci fantasizes about "a dancing bear" who takes his place, performing in the spotlight, doing...

    Command Performance
  • 1970
    Run Off

    Run Off

    Run Off

    01970HD

    A ten minute super-8mm work from 1970 by Vito Acconci.

    Run Off
  • 1970
    Open-Close

    Open-Close

    Open-Close

    01970HD

    In this performance based tape, Acconci uses his body to explore notions of opening and closure.

    Open-Close
  • 2006
    You're Going to Die!

    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...

    You're Going to Die!
  • 1972
    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    01972HD

    “In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he...

    Seedbed
  • 1970
    Three Adaptation Studies

    Three Adaptation Studies

    Three Adaptation Studies

    01970HD

    Three-part short film. In 'Blindfold Catching', a blindfolded Acconci reacts, flinching and lunging, as rubber balls are repeatedly thrown at him...

    Three Adaptation Studies
  • 1974
    Full Circle

    Full Circle

    Full Circle

    01974HD

    "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...

    Full Circle
  • 1973
    Air Time

    Air Time

    Air Time

    01973HD

    Super-8mm footage documenting the gallery set-up for Acconci's exhibition AIR-TIME at Sonnabend Gallery in 1973.

    Air Time
  • 1972
    Face to Face

    Face to Face

    Face to Face

    01972HD

    "In this exercise in nonverbal communication, Acconci explores facial expressions, and their psychological resonance, as a mode of performance...

    Face to Face
  • 1970
    See Through

    See Through

    See Through

    01970HD

    "Acconci spars with his close-up image in a mirror. He then breaks the mirror, destroying his image." - Electronic Arts Intermix

    See Through
  • 1972
    Go Between

    Go Between

    Go Between

    01972HD

    A super-8mm short by Vito Acconci

    Go Between
  • 1974
    Face of the Earth

    Face of the Earth

    Face of the Earth

    01974HD

    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...

    Face of the Earth
  • 1971
    Contacts

    Contacts

    Contacts

    01971HD

    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...

    Contacts
  • 1971
    Second Hand

    Second Hand

    Second Hand

    01971HD

    Documentation of an evening of three simultaneous performances (Terry Fox, Dennis Oppenheim, Vito Acconci), in January 1971. In each alcove a light...

    Second Hand
  • 1971
    Training Ground

    Training Ground

    Training Ground

    01971HD

    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...

    Training Ground
  • 1970
    Lick

    Lick

    Lick

    01970HD

    A five minute super-8mm short from Vito Acconci

    Lick
  • 1973
    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    01973HD

    This early document is a videotaped interview ("videoview") of Vito Acconci by Willoughby Sharp during which they discuss Acconci's development as an...

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
  • 1971
    Watch

    Watch

    Watch

    01971HD

    Acconci's face is seen in close-up. His eyes trace, in real time, the movement of the hands of an off-screen clock.

    Watch
  • 1973
    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    01973HD

    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...

    Home Movies
  • 1970
    Two Takes

    Two Takes

    Two Takes

    01970HD

    Acconci oftens performs controlled actions as if he had entered into a contractual agreement to test his physical limitations. In Grass/Mouth,...

    Two Takes