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Baldessary John
Biography A major figure in contemporary art, John Baldessari has been termed "one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s." From his phototext canvases of the 1960s to his composite photo collages and installations of the 1980s,...
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In Photography @ Ulay. 1997
IN PHOTOGRAPHY (ULAY), 1997 Film 16 mm de Marjoleine Boonstra Film en 16 mm tourné et produit par Marjoleine Boonstra, In Photography est une autobiographie et une évocation du mode de travail d'Ulay sous forme d'anthologie filmée. Ce travail s'ouvre,...
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The Gangster Sister @ Vito Acconci. 1977
THE GANGSTER SISTER, 1977, 7:50 min, Audio CD Originally installed in a makeshift "house" painted ,red, white, and blue, this provocative audio piece features Acconci addressing imaginary characters -- Mama, Daddy, Big Brother, Sister, and Jesus -- in...
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Two Takes @ Vito Acconci. 1970
TWO TAKES, 1970 Contrairement à la majorité des films Super 8 et des vidéos de Vito Acconci, Two Takes est une oeuvre sans émotion, où il traite de la prise de possession en tant que pulsion et non pas sous l’aspect du désir ou du plaisir de l’assouvissement....
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Pull @ Vito Acconci. 1971
PULL, 1971 1971, 32:37 min, b&w, sound In this documentation of a performance at New York University, an overhead camera circles above Acconci and Kathy Dillon. In a dark auditorium, Acconci walks in a circle around Dillon, while she moves in the center....
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Prying @ Vito Acconci. 1971
PRYINGS, 1971 Pryings est l’enregistrement vidéo d’une performance de Vito Acconci, réalisée en public avec Kathy Dillon dans une université new-yorkaise. L’artiste met en scène une situation où il cherche à ouvrir de force les yeux de la femme, qui s’obstine...
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Recorded Studio from Air Time @ Vito Acconci. 1973
RECORDED STUDIO FROM AIR TIME, 1973, 36:49 min, b&w, sound Recording Studio From Air Time is a personal confessional in which video is both a mirror and a mediating device. A documentation of a 1973 performance at Sonnabend Gallery, this is one of Acconci's...
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Understone @ Vito Acconci. 1972
link UNDERSTONE 1972 37:20 1972 In this now infamous tape, exemplary of his early transgressive performance style, Acconci sits and relates a masturbatory fantasy about a girl rubbing his legs under the table. Carrying on a rambling dialogue that shifts...
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Face Off @ Vito Acconci. 1972
FACE OFF, 1972 Dans Face Off, l’artiste se montre dans une phase réactionnelle face à son travail. Vito Acconci met en place une bande audio sur un magnétophone et l’enclenche en mode lecture. Puis il se penche et pose la tête sur la table contre l’appareil,...
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Opening @ Vito Acconci. 1970
OPENINGS, 1970 1970, 14 min, b&w, silent, Super 8 film Acconci's body-based performances are often willfully provocative in their testing of physical limits and controlled actions. Here, as the camera frames Acconci's stomach in close up, he painstakingly...
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Visions of a Disappearence @ Vito Acconci. 1973
VISIONS OF A DISAPPEARENCE, 1 973, 25 min, b&w, sound. Visions of a Disappearance is a newly restored performance tape that was recorded in Naples, Italy, in 1973. Crouched in a corner, hemmed in by the video camera and a closed-circuit monitor showing...
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Filler @ Vito Acconci. 1971
FILLER, 1971 1971, 29:16 min, b&w, sound In Filler, Acconci lies on the floor, facing the camera, his head and upper body hidden inside a large cardboard box. At regular intervals throughout the duration of the tape, he coughs repeatedly. The focus of...
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Modus Vivendi @ Marina Abramovic & Ulay. 1979-1986
Cette performance a eu lieu en septembre 1985 au Saskia Theater de Arnhem (NL). C'est une mise en scène pauvre en images individuelles. Le premier tableau montre une scène sombre, qui ne laisse qu'entrevoir la silhouette d'Ulay, étendu le long de cartons....
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The Red Tapes @ Vito Acconci. 1977
THE RED TAPES, 1977 The Red Tapes est une vidéo long métrage en trois parties enregistrées sur trois bandes distinctes et destinées à être vidéoprojetées sur un grand écran. Cette oeuvre est une synthèse complexe de la recherche artistique de Vito Acconci...
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Focal Point @ Vito Acconci. 1971
FOCAL POINT, 1971 1971, 32:47 min, b&w, sound In this exercise in the act of viewing and being viewed, Acconci explores intuitive perception through intense concentration. Blindfolded, he stands against a wall, his nude back to the camera. The camera...
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Full Circle @ Vito Acconci. 1973
FULL CIRCLE, 1973 1973, 30 min, b&w, sound This historical Acconci videotape, produced by Art/Tapes/22 in Florence, Italy in 1973, is being made available for the first time in decades through EAI's Video Preservation Program. Writes Acconci: "I walk...
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Hill Gary
Gary Hill is one of the most important contemporary artists investigating the relationships between words and electronic images -- an inquiry that has dominated the video art of the past decade. Originally trained as a sculptor, Hill began working in...
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Remote Control @ Vito Acconci. 1971
REMOTE CONTROL, 1971 1:02:15 1971 Two performers, Acconci and a young woman, occupy two wooden boxes in separate rooms, connected via monitor, camera, and microphone. The situation is symbolic of a vicarious and distended power relation, a relationship...
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14 Performances 1976-1980 @ Marina Abramovic @ Ulay
Les Body Art-Performances de Abramovic/Ulay filmées en vidéo non seulement marquent le début de leur partenariat et de leur collaboration étroite, mais révèlent aussi pour ainsi dire la nature même de leur expression artistique dans l'approche d'expériences...
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China Rings. 1988 @ Marina Abramovic & Ulay
Il s'agit dans cet enchaînement d'images de séquences d'ordre personnel, dépourvues de tout commentaire, qu'Abramovic et Ulay ont enregistrées pendant leur marche sur la Grande Muraille de Chine, et pendant les travaux préparatoires. C'est ce qui explique...
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Association Area @ Vito Acconci. 1971
Association Area est l’enregistrement d’un "exercice quasi-ESP". Vito Acconci utilise ce terme pour des performances conçues comme des expérimentations en laboratoire de la perception, de l’intuition et de la concentration, grâce à l'isolement d'un ou...
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Under-History Lessons @ Vito Acconci. 1976
UNDER-HISTORY LESSONS, 1976 1976, 21:25 min, Audio CD Playing both the teacher and the students, Acconci enacts a series of short lessons, from "Lesson 1: Let's Believe We're in This Together" to "Lesson 12: Let's be Oppressed," offering an ideosyncratic...
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Three Adaptation Studies @ Vito Acconci. 1970
THREE ADAPTATION STUDIES, 1970 1970, 8:05 min, b&w, silent, Super 8 film In these early film exercises, Acconci exhibits an almost childlike vulnerability that is at once comic and oddly effecting. In Blindfold Catching, a blindfolded Acconci reacts,...
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Three Frame Studies @ Vito Acconci. 1969-70
THREE FRAME STUDIES 1969-70 Trois études qui exploitent le cadre d’un plan fixe obtenu à partir d’une caméra pour suggérer l’espace de différentes manières. 1 - Circle. La caméra fixe l’angle d’un champ que Vito Acconci traverse plusieurs fois à intervalles...
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Contacts @ Vito Acconci. 1971
CONTACTS, 1971 1971, 29:47 min, b&w, sound Contacts is one of a series of tapes in which Acconci creates a controlled performance situation to explore the limits of a private space. Applying intense mental concentration and intuition, he uses the body...