Vito Acconci Movies

  • 1973
    Reception Room

    Reception Room

    Reception Room

    01973HD

    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 his...

    Reception Room
  • 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
    Concentration/Contemplation Piece

    Concentration/Contemplation Piece

    Concentration/Contemplation Piece

    01970HD

    A three and a half minute Super-8mm piece on concentration/contemplation by Vito Acconci.

    Concentration/Contemplation Piece
  • 1970
    Three Frame Studies

    Three Frame Studies

    Three Frame Studies

    01970HD

    "In one of his earliest films, Acconci performs a series of actions — running in a circle, jumping, pushing another man — in which the...

    Three Frame Studies
  • 1974
    Turn-On

    Turn-On

    Turn-On

    01974HD

    The back of Acconci's head is seen in tight close-up. He hums to himself, first lyrically, then aggressively, violently. Suddenly he wheels around to...

    Turn-On
  • 1970
    Applications

    Applications

    Applications

    01970HD

    A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring...

    Applications
  • 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
  • 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
    Break-Through

    Break-Through

    Break-Through

    01970HD

    "Super-8 camera held out before him as shield and surrogate, Acconci pushes through a landscape of dense reeds and overgrowth. Break-Through records...

    Break-Through
  • 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
  • 1971
    Two Track

    Two Track

    Two Track

    01971HD

    In Two Track, Acconci experiments with direct and peripheral perception of information in the context of communication and interaction. He sits with...

    Two Track
  • 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
    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)
  • 1970
    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    01970HD

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

    Seeing Red