Vito Acconci Movies

  • 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
    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    Seeing Red

    01970HD

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

    Seeing Red
  • 1970
    Rubbings

    Rubbings

    Rubbings

    01970HD

    "Acconci caresses his torso, then crushes cockroaches into his stomach and rubs them into his skin." - Electronic Arts Intermix

    Rubbings
  • 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
    Two Cover Studies

    Two Cover Studies

    Two Cover Studies

    01970HD

    "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...

    Two Cover Studies
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1973
    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

    01973HD

    This early document is a videotaped interview ("videoview") of Vito Acconci by Willoughby Sharp during which they discuss Acconci's development as an...

    Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
  • 1971
    Association Area

    Association Area

    Association Area

    01971HD

    This early performance tape is an example of what Acconci has termed his "quasi-ESP exercises," in which he explores mental concentration and...

    Association Area
  • 1971
    Conversions 1

    Conversions 1

    Conversions 1

    01971HD

    In these three exercises, Acconci plays with trans-gender illusions, manipulating and altering his own body parts to suggest sexual transformations.

    Conversions 1
  • 1970
    Three Adaptation Studies

    Three Adaptation Studies

    Three Adaptation Studies

    01970HD

    Three-part short film. In 'Blindfold Catching', a blindfolded Acconci reacts, flinching and lunging, as rubber balls are repeatedly thrown at him...

    Three Adaptation Studies