Vito Acconci
Birthday
1940/01/24
Day of death
2017/04/27 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Vito Acconci (January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His performance and video art was characterized by "existential unease," exhibitionism, discomfort, transgression and provocation, as well as wit and audacity, and often involved crossing boundaries such as public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, and real world–art world. His work is consid...Read more
Acting
(2006) You're Going to Die!
as Narrator
(2008) Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
(1999) Steven Holl: The Body in Space
as Self
(2016) Burden
as Self
(1981) How to Fly
as ---
(1972) Seedbed
as ---
(1980) Journeys from Berlin/1971
as ---
(2013) Revenge of the Mekons
as Himself
(1972) Undertone
as Vito Acconci
(1971) Centers
as Self
(1971) Pryings
as ---
(1970) Flour/Breath Piece
as Self
(1970) Digging Piece
as Self
Two Takes
as Self
(1970) Gargle/Spit Piece
as Self
(1971) Conversions 1
as Himself
(1970) Three Adaptation Studies
as Himself
(1971) Remote Control
as Himself
(1971) Association Area
as Himself
(1971) Claim Excerpts
as Himself
(1974) My Word
as Himself
(1974) Turn-On
as Himself
(1973) Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
as Himself
(1977) The Red Tapes
as Himself
(1981) 14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
as Himself
(1991) The Golden Boat
as Swiss assassin
(2009) The Art of Time
as Self