Critical Writing Index

An Interview with Vito Acconci: Video Works 1970-78

by Florence Gilbard

Afterimage, Nov. 1984, v. 12, no. 4, pp. 9-15

An interview with video artist Vito Acconci, conducted by Florence Gilbard. The interview discusses his early stages in video, beginning in 1970, to his then latest pieces, which were executed in 1978. His video work "...matured and came to prominence as one fo the decade's leading innovators in the visual arts, video held a significant position in his work." The article includes text excerpts from Acconci's Association Area, The Red Tapes and Theme Song.

ITEM 1984.084 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

VD Lives/TV Mus Die – Vito Acconci

Corrections – Vito Acconci

Association Area – Vito Acconci

Centers – Vito Acconci

Contacts – Vito Acconci

Focal Point – Vito Acconci

Pryings – Vito Acconci

Pull – Vito Acconci

Remote Control – Vito Acconci

Two Track – Vito Acconci

Waterways – Vito Acconci

Face Off – Vito Acconci

Undertone – Vito Acconci

Full Circle – Vito Acconci

Home Movies – Vito Acconci

Indirect Approaches – Vito Acconci

Stages – Vito Acconci

Theme Song – Vito Acconci

Face of the Earth – Vito Acconci

Open Book – Vito Acconci

Shoot – Vito Acconci

Turn On – Vito Acconci

The Red Tapes – Vito Acconci

Claim – Vito Acconci

And/Or – Vito Acconci

Body-Building in the Great North-West – Vito Acconci

Pornography in the classroom – Vito Acconci

The Object of It All, Part 1 – Vito Acconci