Friday, October 17, 2008

Mezzanine File: Vito Acconci

Exhibition Title: ACCESSIBILITIES
Date Of Exhibition: DEC 1st-15th, 1970
Medium(s): Performance/Film/Photos/Sound/ Writing





Vito Acconci’s project “Association Area” was an exercise in the perception of space. First, Acconci paired up with another person. The two blindfolded themselves and moved around a space, trying intuitively to perceive the space and the presence of the other. When viewing this performance, the audience is not to get involved. This creates a very strange situation. On the one hand, spectators feel as if they have been called on to witness a work which only benefits the actors, since intuition can only be experienced in the first person. On the other hand, they feel involved because they are being asked for understanding through deduction. The results of this project and others were shown in the Mezzanine in early December 1971.

by Ryan Taylor

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