Vito Acconci Movies
- 1971
Waterways (Burst; Storage)
Waterways (Burst; Storage)01971HD
Using extreme close-ups and amplified sound to force the viewer into the space of his body, he experiments with his mouth as a container for saliva,...
- 1970
Run Off
Run Off01970HD
A ten minute super-8mm work from 1970 by Vito Acconci.
- 1970
Lick
Lick01970HD
A five minute super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
- 1971
Association Area
Association Area01971HD
This early performance tape is an example of what Acconci has termed his "quasi-ESP exercises," in which he explores mental concentration and...
- 1971
Breath In (To) / Out (Of)
Breath In (To) / Out (Of)01971HD
The screen is empty: the artist stands off-screen — he breathes in and out, his stomach moving into and out of the frame.
- 1971
Conversions 1
Conversions 101971HD
In these three exercises, Acconci plays with trans-gender illusions, manipulating and altering his own body parts to suggest sexual transformations.
- 1971
Two Track
Two Track01971HD
In Two Track, Acconci experiments with direct and peripheral perception of information in the context of communication and interaction. He sits with...
- 1972
Undertone
Undertone01972HD
"In this now infamous tape, exemplary of his early transgressive performance style, Acconci sits and relates a masturbatory fantasy about a girl...
- 1972
Hand to Hand
Hand to Hand01972HD
"In another exploration of nonverbal communication, the camera moves back and forth, each time catching one of Acconci's hands in an expressive...
- 1972
Cross-Fronts
Cross-Fronts01972HD
A super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
- 1970
Seeing Red
Seeing Red01970HD
Vito Acconci chokes himself with a white cloth multiple times, his face turns red.
- 1970
Corrections
Corrections01970HD
"Unavailable until recently, Corrections is Acconci's first single-channel video. Back to the camera, with only his head and bare shoulders visible,...
- 1974
My Word
My Word01974HD
In this feature-length silent film, Acconci uses hand-written title cards to present an "interior monologue" about speaking, language, and silence....
- 1970
Applications
Applications01970HD
A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring...