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'''Vito''' Hannibal '''Acconci''' (born January 24, 1940) is an American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.   
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'''Vito Hannibal Acconci''' (1940-2017) was an American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.   
  
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==Life and work==
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He attended Regis High School in New York City. He received a B.A. in literature from the College of the Holy Cross in 1962 and an M.F.A. in literature and poetry from the University of Iowa.
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* [http://www.acconci.com Personal website]
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Acconci began his career as a poet, editing ''0 TO 9'' with [[Bernadette Mayer]] in the late 1960s. In the late 1960s, Acconci transformed himself into a performance and video artist using his own body as a subject for photography, film, video, and performance. Most of his early work incorporated subversive social comment.
 
  
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In the article "Video: the Aesthetics of Narcissism" (''October'', Vol. 1., Spring, 1976), pp. 50-64., [[Rosalind Krauss]] refers to aspects of Narcissism apparent in the video work of Acconci. ''A line of sight begin Acconci’s plane of vision ends on the eyes of his projected double''. Krauss uses this description to underline aspects of narcissism in the Vito Acconci work "Centers" (1971). In the piece Acconci is filming himself pointing directly at himself for about 25 minutes, by doing so Acconci makes a nonsensical gesture that exemplifies the critical aspects of a work of art through the beginning of the 20th century. Krauss also goes on to explain the psychological basis behind the actions of video in comparison to discussions of object art.
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In the 1980s, Acconci turned to permanent sculptures and installations.  One of the most prominent examples of these temporary installations is titled Instant House, which was first created in 1980, but was recently exhibited in the summer of 2012 at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
 
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In 1983  he completed ''Way Station I (Study Chamber)'', which was his first permanent installation. The work sparked immense controversy on the college’s campus, and was eventually set on fire and destroyed in 1985.
 
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This sculpture marked a transition for Acconci’s career from performance artist to architectural designer. He turned to the creation of furniture and prototypes of houses and gardens in the late 1980s, and in 1988 the artist founded Acconci Studio, which focused on theoretical design and building. Acconci Studio is located on Jay Street in Brooklyn. Acconci has designed the United Bamboo store in Tokyo in 2003 and collaborated on concept designs for interactive art vehicle Mister Artsee in 2006 among others.
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://www.acconci.com Personal Website]
 
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* [http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=53 Vito Acconci at the Vito Acconci at MoMA]
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Acconci Acconci at Wikipedia]
 
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[[Category:Architecture|Acconci, Vito]]
 

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