Vito Acconci Movies

  • 1970
    Clouds

    Clouds

    Clouds

    01970HD

    Vito Acconci

    Clouds
  • 1972
    Hand to Hand

    Hand to Hand

    Hand to Hand

    01972HD

    "In another exploration of nonverbal communication, the camera moves back and forth, each time catching one of Acconci's hands in an expressive...

    Hand to Hand
  • 1972
    Cross-Fronts

    Cross-Fronts

    Cross-Fronts

    01972HD

    A super-8mm short from Vito Acconci

    Cross-Fronts
  • 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
  • 1974
    Shoot

    Shoot

    Shoot

    01974HD

    Acconci imitates the sounds of war, gunfire and explosion; he thrusts his face, stomach or penis onto the screen. His childlike battle sounds are...

    Shoot
  • 1973
    Visions of a Disappearance

    Visions of a Disappearance

    Visions of a Disappearance

    01973HD

    "Visions of a Disappearance is a newly restored performance tape that was recorded in Naples, Italy, in 1973. Crouched in a corner, hemmed in by the...

    Visions of a Disappearance
  • 1970
    Filling Up Space

    Filling Up Space

    Filling Up Space

    01970HD

    "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

    Filling Up Space
  • 1970
    Openings

    Openings

    Openings

    01970HD

    Acconci's body-based performances are often willfully provocative in their testing of physical limits and controlled actions. Here, as the camera...

    Openings
  • 1972
    Undertone

    Undertone

    Undertone

    01972HD

    "In this now infamous tape, exemplary of his early transgressive performance style, Acconci sits and relates a masturbatory fantasy about a girl...

    Undertone
  • 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
  • 1971
    Waterways (Burst; Storage)

    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,...

    Waterways (Burst; Storage)
  • 1973
    Walk-Over

    Walk-Over

    Walk-Over

    01973HD

    "A long narrow corridor, leading to the camera—at one side, a window—sun streams in, splotches of light and dark, the corridor shimmers....

    Walk-Over
  • 1970
    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    01970HD

    Vito Acconci chokes himself with a white cloth multiple times, his face turns red.

    Seeing Red
  • 1974
    My Word

    My Word

    My Word

    01974HD

    In this feature-length silent film, Acconci uses hand-written title cards to present an "interior monologue" about speaking, language, and silence....

    My Word