Vito Acconci Movies

  • 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
  • 1972
    Anchors

    Anchors

    Anchors

    01972HD

    A super-8mm work documenting Acconci's audio installation piece in the Sonnabend gallery in 1972 of the same name.

    Anchors
  • 1980
    Journeys from Berlin/1971

    Journeys from Berlin/1971

    Journeys from Berlin/1971

    8.81980HD

    An epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia.

    Journeys from Berlin/1971
  • 2009
    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    02009HD

    Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...

    The Art of Time
  • 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
  • 2012
    America Is Not Ready for This

    America Is Not Ready for This

    America Is Not Ready for This

    02012HD

    The tradition of modernism and neo-avant-garde are faced in the project, in which Radziszewski is confronting both – Polish and Western –...

    America Is Not Ready for This
  • 1970
    Applications

    Applications

    Applications

    01970HD

    A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring...

    Applications
  • 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
  • 1973
    Theme Song

    Theme Song

    Theme Song

    01973HD

    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...

    Theme Song
  • 1971
    Pryings

    Pryings

    Pryings

    01971HD

    A documentation of a live performance at New York University, Pryings is a graphic exploration of the physical and psychological dynamics of...

    Pryings
  • 1971
    Centers

    Centers

    Centers

    01971HD

    Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor.

    Centers
  • 1973
    Reception Room

    Reception Room

    Reception Room

    01973HD

    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...

    Reception Room
  • 1991
    The Golden Boat

    The Golden Boat

    The Golden Boat

    6.51991HD

    Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling...

    The Golden Boat
  • 1974
    Shoot

    Shoot

    Shoot

    01974HD

    Acconci imitates the sounds of war, gunfire and explosion; he thrusts his face, stomach or penis onto the screen. His childlike battle sounds are...

    Shoot
  • 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
  • 1973
    Walk-Over

    Walk-Over

    Walk-Over

    01973HD

    "A long narrow corridor, leading to the camera—at one side, a window—sun streams in, splotches of light and dark, the corridor shimmers....

    Walk-Over
  • 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
  • 1971
    Remote Control

    Remote Control

    Remote Control

    01971HD

    The two-channel piece Remote Control is an exercise in manipulation and control between artist and subject, male and female. On separate channels,...

    Remote Control
  • 1972
    Cross-Fronts

    Cross-Fronts

    Cross-Fronts

    01972HD

    A super-8mm short from Vito Acconci

    Cross-Fronts
  • 1971
    Directions

    Directions

    Directions

    01971HD

    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...

    Directions