Birth Name:

Vito Acconci

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jan 24, 1940

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Bronx, New York, United States

Age:

85

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

3°

Aqu

34'

About Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci (Italian: [ˈviːto akˈkontʃi], /əˈkɒntʃi/; January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an influential American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design. His foundational 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, 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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Oral history interview with Vito Acconci, 2008 June 21-28 from the Archives of American Art

• Vito Acconci collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved September 2016.

• Vito Acconci at the Museum of Modern Art

• Guide to the 0 TO 9 archive from the Fales Library at NYU

• Art videos directed and performed by Vito Acconci on UbuWeb

• Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci (1973) on UbuWeb

• Art en Route: A Guide to Art in the MTA Network See Acconci works at West 8th Street-New York Aquarium and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium subway stations.

• Public Art Fund:Face of the Earth

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Vito Acconci: Sun 3 Aquarius, Moon 29 Cancer, Mercury 28 Capricorn, Venus 7 Pisces, Mars 14 Aries, Jupiter 4 Aries, Saturn 25 Aries, Uranus 17 Taurus, Neptune 25 Virgo, Pluto 1 Leo, Sun Opposition Pluto, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Opposition Pluto, Mercury Square Saturn, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Trine Neptune, Venus Semi Square Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Neptune

Categories related to Vito Acconci: January 24 births, 2017 deaths, American performance artists, American people of Italian descent, College of the Holy Cross alumni, Deaths from cerebrovascular disease, People from the Bronx, American installation artists, Brooklyn College faculty, 1940 births, Artists from the Bronx, Regis High School (New York City) alumni, American video artists, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni, NSCAD University faculty, Walking artists, AC with 29 elements

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