Vito Acconci - Undertone 1972 (extract)

[stefanienava]

I'm related to this creepster. He's my cousin. What a wack job.

[foobird58]

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Vito Acconci 1)1970, 19:32 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video

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

2) the artist's bare belly with a medium size cockroach just beneath his finger, crushing many into belly again and again

[terrorbytepresents]

So many art 'experts' out there. NOT! Rock on Vito!

[emmlio]

tienes que estar igual de trastornado que él.. to like this.

[demelumeestermad]

its so fucked how when people dont understand the underlying themes of performance art they call it pretentious. His angle was voyeurism and psychological content of space you silly, silly, cunts

[TheGiuliaRoma]

Terrible. Like all his works.

[slugmomighty]

What the fuck is this pretentious bullshit? How do people actually appreciate this as a form of art?

[TheGiuliaRoma]

@slugmomighty Don't worry... I don't even think that this can be called "Art".

[7redslipper]

brilliant

[EGI313]

Nice work.

[nooninho]

this is a performance

[TheMessianicManic]

I LOVE Vito and his crazy, creepy shit.

[cgtstx]

This Emperor has no clothes. This is a great example showing that while some video can convey art, this dog stain proves that not all video can be called art.

[almanacofsleep]

@cgtstx you must have thought you were being very clever when you wrote that....

[burnmaker01]

he has a great narrator voice

[weeeBloom]

great!

[friendlier]

The sound of traffic that pervades many of his tapes adds another layer to the public/secret aspect of his work.