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Vito Acconci
Directing

Vito Acconci
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1940-01-24,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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 considered to have influenced artists including Laurie Anderson, Karen Finley, Bruce Nauman, and Tracey Emin, among others. Acconci was initially interested in radical poetry, creating 0 to 9 Magazine, but by the late 1960s he began creating Situationist-influenced performances in the street or for small audiences that explored the body and public space. Two of his most famous pieces were Following Piece (1969), in which he selected random passersby on New York City streets and followed them for as long as he was able, and Seedbed (1972), in which he claimed that he masturbated while under a temporary floor at the Sonnabend Gallery, as visitors walked above and heard him speaking. In the late-1970s, he turned to sculpture, architecture and design, greatly increasing the scale of his work, if not his art world profile. Over the next two decades he developed public artworks and parks, airport rest areas, artificial islands and other architectural projects that frequently embraced participation, change and playfulness. Notable works of this period include: Personal Island, designed for Zwolle, the Netherlands (1994); Walkways Through the Wall at the Wisconsin Center, in Milwaukee, WI (1998); and Murinsel, for Graz, Austria (2003). Retrospectives of Acconci's work have been organized by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1978) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1980), and his work is in numerous public collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. He has been recognized with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976, 1980, 1983, 1993), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979), and American Academy in Rome (1986).[6] In addition to his art and design work, Acconci taught at many higher learning institutions. Acconci died on April 27, 2017, in Manhattan at age 77.

Filmography

You're Going to Die!

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You're Going to Die!
2006-10-22

Chelsea on the Rocks

5.7

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008-05-23

Steven Holl: The Body in Space

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Steven Holl: The Body in Space
1999-02-22

5.9

Burden
2016-04-16

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How to Fly
1981-01-01

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Seedbed
1972-01-01

Journeys from Berlin/1971

9

Journeys from Berlin/1971
1980-01-11

Revenge of the Mekons

7

Revenge of the Mekons
2013-11-14

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Undertone
1972-01-01

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Centers
1971-01-01

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Pryings
1971-01-21

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Digging Piece
1970-01-01

Flour/Breath Piece

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Flour/Breath Piece
1970-01-01

Gargle/Spit Piece

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Gargle/Spit Piece
1970-01-01

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Two Takes

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Conversions 1
1971-01-01

Three Adaptation Studies

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Three Adaptation Studies
1970-01-01

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Remote Control
1971-01-01

Association Area

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Association Area
1971-01-01

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Claim Excerpts
1971-01-01

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My Word
1974-01-01

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Turn-On
1974-01-01

Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci

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Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci
1973-01-01

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The Red Tapes
1977-01-01

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

0

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
1981-09-01

The Golden Boat

6.1

The Golden Boat
1991-06-22

The Art of Time

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The Art of Time
2009-10-10