Vito Acconci Movies
- 1973
Visions of a Disappearance
Visions of a Disappearance01973HD
"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...
- 1970
Seeing Red
Seeing Red01970HD
Vito Acconci chokes himself with a white cloth multiple times, his face turns red.
- 1970
Rubbings
Rubbings01970HD
"Acconci caresses his torso, then crushes cockroaches into his stomach and rubs them into his skin." - Electronic Arts Intermix
- 1970
Concentration/Contemplation Piece
Concentration/Contemplation Piece01970HD
A three and a half minute Super-8mm piece on concentration/contemplation by Vito Acconci.
- 1970
Two Cover Studies
Two Cover Studies01970HD
"In Scene Steal, Acconci, fully clothed, tries to shield a nude woman from the camera. In Container, he wraps his nude body around a cat as if to...
- 1970
Three Frame Studies
Three Frame Studies01970HD
"In one of his earliest films, Acconci performs a series of actions — running in a circle, jumping, pushing another man — in which the...
- 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...
- 1973
Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci01973HD
This early document is a videotaped interview ("videoview") of Vito Acconci by Willoughby Sharp during which they discuss Acconci's development as an...
- 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
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.
- 1970
Three Adaptation Studies
Three Adaptation Studies01970HD
Three-part short film. In 'Blindfold Catching', a blindfolded Acconci reacts, flinching and lunging, as rubber balls are repeatedly thrown at him...