Vito Acconci Filmes

  • 1971
    Watch

    Watch

    Watch

    01971HD

    Acconci's face is seen in close-up. His eyes trace, in real time, the movement of the hands of an off-screen clock.

    Watch
  • 1970
    Corrections

    Corrections

    Corrections

    01970HD

    "Unavailable until recently, Corrections is Acconci's first single-channel video. Back to the camera, with only his head and bare shoulders visible,...

    Corrections
  • 1970
    Lick

    Lick

    Lick

    01970HD

    A five minute super-8mm short from Vito Acconci

    Lick
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1972
    Face to Face

    Face to Face

    Face to Face

    01972HD

    "In this exercise in nonverbal communication, Acconci explores facial expressions, and their psychological resonance, as a mode of performance...

    Face to Face
  • 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
    Digging Piece

    Digging Piece

    Digging Piece

    01970HD

    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...

    Digging Piece
  • 1971
    Training Ground

    Training Ground

    Training Ground

    01971HD

    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...

    Training Ground
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1973
    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    01973HD

    In this powerful "meta-document," Acconci sits in the dark with his back to a screen, onto which are projected slides of his past works, in...

    Home 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
    Flour/Breath Piece

    Flour/Breath Piece

    Flour/Breath Piece

    01970HD

    The artist, covered in flour, tries to blow the flour off his skin.

    Flour/Breath Piece