Vito Acconci Movies
- 1973
Theme Song
Theme Song01973HD
In Theme Song, Acconci uses video as close-up to establish a perversely intimate relation with the viewer, creating a personal space in which to talk...
- 1974
My Word
My Word01974HD
In this feature-length silent film, Acconci uses hand-written title cards to present an "interior monologue" about speaking, language, and silence....
- 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...
- 1971
Pryings
Pryings01971HD
A documentation of a live performance at New York University, Pryings is a graphic exploration of the physical and psychological dynamics of...
- 1971
Two Track
Two Track01971HD
In Two Track, Acconci experiments with direct and peripheral perception of information in the context of communication and interaction. He sits with...
- 1970
Corrections
Corrections01970HD
"Unavailable until recently, Corrections is Acconci's first single-channel video. Back to the camera, with only his head and bare shoulders visible,...
- 1970
Lick
Lick01970HD
A five minute super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
- 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...
- 1970
Applications
Applications01970HD
A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring...
- 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....
- 1972
Anchors
Anchors01972HD
A super-8mm work documenting Acconci's audio installation piece in the Sonnabend gallery in 1972 of the same name.
- 1974
Shoot
Shoot01974HD
Acconci imitates the sounds of war, gunfire and explosion; he thrusts his face, stomach or penis onto the screen. His childlike battle sounds are...
- 1971
Watch
Watch01971HD
Acconci's face is seen in close-up. His eyes trace, in real time, the movement of the hands of an off-screen clock.
- 1972
Cross-Fronts
Cross-Fronts01972HD
A super-8mm short from Vito Acconci
- 1972
Go Between
Go Between01972HD
A super-8mm short by Vito Acconci
- 1971
Directions
Directions01971HD
A super-8mm document (blown up to 16mm) of Acconci's performance of the same name where he laid flat on his stomach blindfolded on a wood platform in...
- 1972
Undertone
Undertone01972HD
"In this now infamous tape, exemplary of his early transgressive performance style, Acconci sits and relates a masturbatory fantasy about a girl...
- 1970
Openings
Openings01970HD
Acconci's body-based performances are often willfully provocative in their testing of physical limits and controlled actions. Here, as the camera...
- 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...
- 1970
See Through
See Through01970HD
"Acconci spars with his close-up image in a mirror. He then breaks the mirror, destroying his image." - Electronic Arts Intermix