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Acconci, Vito, 1940-2017

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1940-01-24 - 2017-04-27

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Performance In Postmodern Culture / Benamou, Michel, editor ; Caramello, Charles, editor ; Federman R ; Jabes E ; Lyotard JF ; Rothenberg J ; Acconci V ; Cage J ; Benemou M ; Derrida J ; Duchamp M ; Gass W ; Grossinger R ; Fuller B ; Higgins D ; Kristeva J ; MacLow J ; Marinetti FT ; McLuhan M ; Schnebel D ; Shattuck R ; Snyder G ; Sukenick R ; Tzara T ; Waldrop R ; Wittgenstein L ; Tatham C ; Hassan I., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-28249-29420
Scope and Contents

This book consists of a collection of essays in its first half written with a highly academic approach to performance. Its second half features experimental writing and layout. Thus, it begins with an essay by Campbell Tatham, " Mythology and Postmodern Fictions: Magic is Afoot," a work characterized as a "verbal" performance by the editors. It is printed with a typewriter font and includes several shaped texts. Another "verbal" performance using the same approach along with concrete poems is found in the essay contributed by Raymond Federman, "Voices within Voices." Finally, Ihab Hassan provides an experimental drama in his essay, "Prometheus as Performer: Toward a Posthumanist Culture?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Steps (Stepping off Place) / Acconci, Vito., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48055-69078
Scope and Contents

This sheet describes directions for stepping up and down a 18" stool until unable to so at 30 steps per minute; its daily duration is recorded for the month of April 1970. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970