Vito Acconci Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1972
Go Between
Go Between01972HD
A super-8mm short by Vito Acconci
- 1973
Reception Room
Reception Room01973HD
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...
- 1971
Remote Control
Remote Control01971HD
The two-channel piece Remote Control is an exercise in manipulation and control between artist and subject, male and female. On separate channels,...
- 1970
Seeing Red
Seeing Red01970HD
Vito Acconci chokes himself with a white cloth multiple times, his face turns red.
- 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,...
- 1974
Turn-On
Turn-On01974HD
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...
- 1971
Conversions 3
Conversions 301971HD
The final installment of the Conversions trilogy.
- 1972
Cross-Fronts
Cross-Fronts01972HD
A 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...
- 1973
Walk-Over
Walk-Over01973HD
"A long narrow corridor, leading to the camera—at one side, a window—sun streams in, splotches of light and dark, the corridor shimmers....
- 1970
Open-Close
Open-Close01970HD
In this performance based tape, Acconci uses his body to explore notions of opening and closure.
- 1970
Break-Through
Break-Through01970HD
"Super-8 camera held out before him as shield and surrogate, Acconci pushes through a landscape of dense reeds and overgrowth. Break-Through records...
- 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,...
- 1970
Gargle/Spit Piece
Gargle/Spit Piece01970HD
The artist, sitting naked, takes water from a pot into his mouth and gargles; he spits it out onto his stomach and groin, transferring the water from...
- 1970
Flour/Breath Piece
Flour/Breath Piece01970HD
The artist, covered in flour, tries to blow the flour off his skin.
- 1970
Digging Piece
Digging Piece01970HD
Standing alone among beach dunes, Acconci begins to kick at the sand below him. Over the course of the film's ten minutes, this repeated action...
- 1969
Three Attention Studies
Three Attention Studies01969HD
In 'Looking Around Piece', the performer stands before a fixed camera, which records his eye and head movements as he follows a moving object outside...