RED TAPES, THE
performance
cultural landscapes
identity
"The Red Tapes is Acconci's masterwork, a three-part epic that is one of the major works in video. Designed originally for video projection, the work is structured to merge video space - the close-up - with filmic space - the landscape. Acconci maps a topography of the self within a cultural and social context, locating personal identity through history, cultural artifacts, language and representation. Stating that the work moves 'from Vito Acconci to a larger Americanism, between a psychological personal space and a cultural personal space,' he constructs a dense, poetic text in this search for self and America.Opening with the image of Acconci, blindfolded, the tapes evolve as a complex amalgam of narrative strategies, photographic images, music and spoken language. The formal system is the alteration of blank screen and image; grey screen is paired with voice, which leads to image, which leads back to grey screen with voice, etc. In Tape 1: Common Knowledge, the focus is on representation and self (as Acconci is seen in close-up), landscape is a photographic image, and the narrative is that of a mystery story. Tape 2: Local Color is essayistic, analytical; the perspective is widened, the body is seen in context, architectural and sculptural space become manifestations of the psychological. In the conclusion, Tape 3: Time Lag, the space is theatrical and the action is communication, as Acconci and actors act out a,'rehearsal of America.' From the autobiographical to the social, from the 'I' to the 'we,' through the discourses of literature, psychoanalysis, cinema, art and popular culture, The Red Tapes is an extraordinary chronicle in which Acconci locates the self within the mythic constructions of culture and history." (-Electronic Arts Intermix website)
ACCONCI, Vito
Art Metropole
s.n.
1976
Creator: Vito Acconci; with Ericka Beckman, Ilona Granet, Richie O'Halloran, Kathy Rusch, David Salle, Michael Zwack;Camera: Ed Bowes; Sound: Tom Bowes; Music: Charles Ives
VHS
English
Artist Video (V)
A33 976a c.2
RED TAPES, THE (TAPE 1 OF 3)
performance
cultural landscapes
identity
"The Red Tapes is Acconci's masterwork, a three-part epic that is one of the major works in video. Designed originally for video projection, the work is structured to merge video space - the close-up - with filmic space - the landscape. Acconci maps a topography of the self within a cultural and social context, locating personal identity through history, cultural artifacts, language and representation. Stating that the work moves 'from Vito Acconci to a larger Americanism, between a psychological personal space and a cultural personal space,' he constructs a dense, poetic text in this search for self and America.Opening with the image of Acconci, blindfolded, the tapes evolve as a complex amalgam of narrative strategies, photographic images, music and spoken language. The formal system is the alteration of blank screen and image; grey screen is paired with voice, which leads to image, which leads back to grey screen with voice, etc. In Tape 1: Common Knowledge, the focus is on representation and self (as Acconci is seen in close-up), landscape is a photographic image, and the narrative is that of a mystery story. Tape 2: Local Color is essayistic, analytical; the perspective is widened, the body is seen in context, architectural and sculptural space become manifestations of the psychological. In the conclusion, Tape 3: Time Lag, the space is theatrical and the action is communication, as Acconci and actors act out a,'rehearsal of America.' From the autobiographical to the social, from the 'I' to the 'we,' through the discourses of literature, psychoanalysis, cinema, art and popular culture, The Red Tapes is an extraordinary chronicle in which Acconci locates the self within the mythic constructions of culture and history." (-Electronic Arts Intermix website)
ACCONCI, Vito
1976
Creator: Vito Acconci; with Ericka Beckman, Ilona Granet, Richie O'Halloran, Kathy Rusch, David Salle, Michael Zwack;Camera: Ed Bowes; Sound: Tom Bowes; Music: Charles Ives
3/4"
English
Artist Video (V)
V-14
RED TAPES, THE (TAPE 2 OF 3)
performance
cultural landscapes
identity
"The Red Tapes is Acconci's masterwork, a three-part epic that is one of the major works in video. Designed originally for video projection, the work is structured to merge video space - the close-up - with filmic space - the landscape. Acconci maps a topography of the self within a cultural and social context, locating personal identity through history, cultural artifacts, language and representation. Stating that the work moves 'from Vito Acconci to a larger Americanism, between a psychological personal space and a cultural personal space,' he constructs a dense, poetic text in this search for self and America.Opening with the image of Acconci, blindfolded, the tapes evolve as a complex amalgam of narrative strategies, photographic images, music and spoken language. The formal system is the alteration of blank screen and image; grey screen is paired with voice, which leads to image, which leads back to grey screen with voice, etc. In Tape 1: Common Knowledge, the focus is on representation and self (as Acconci is seen in close-up), landscape is a photographic image, and the narrative is that of a mystery story. Tape 2: Local Color is essayistic, analytical; the perspective is widened, the body is seen in context, architectural and sculptural space become manifestations of the psychological. In the conclusion, Tape 3: Time Lag, the space is theatrical and the action is communication, as Acconci and actors act out a,'rehearsal of America.' From the autobiographical to the social, from the 'I' to the 'we,' through the discourses of literature, psychoanalysis, cinema, art and popular culture, The Red Tapes is an extraordinary chronicle in which Acconci locates the self within the mythic constructions of culture and history." (-Electronic Arts Intermix website)
ACCONCI, Vito
1976
Creator: Vito Acconci; with Ericka Beckman, Ilona Granet, Richie O'Halloran, Kathy Rusch, David Salle, Michael Zwack;Camera: Ed Bowes; Sound: Tom Bowes; Music: Charles Ives
3/4"
English
Artist Video (V)
V-8
RED TAPES, THE (TAPE 3 OF 3)
performance
cultural landscapes
identity
"The Red Tapes is Acconci's masterwork, a three-part epic that is one of the major works in video. Designed originally for video projection, the work is structured to merge video space - the close-up - with filmic space - the landscape. Acconci maps a topography of the self within a cultural and social context, locating personal identity through history, cultural artifacts, language and representation. Stating that the work moves 'from Vito Acconci to a larger Americanism, between a psychological personal space and a cultural personal space,' he constructs a dense, poetic text in this search for self and America.Opening with the image of Acconci, blindfolded, the tapes evolve as a complex amalgam of narrative strategies, photographic images, music and spoken language. The formal system is the alteration of blank screen and image; grey screen is paired with voice, which leads to image, which leads back to grey screen with voice, etc. In Tape 1: Common Knowledge, the focus is on representation and self (as Acconci is seen in close-up), landscape is a photographic image, and the narrative is that of a mystery story. Tape 2: Local Color is essayistic, analytical; the perspective is widened, the body is seen in context, architectural and sculptural space become manifestations of the psychological. In the conclusion, Tape 3: Time Lag, the space is theatrical and the action is communication, as Acconci and actors act out a,'rehearsal of America.' From the autobiographical to the social, from the 'I' to the 'we,' through the discourses of literature, psychoanalysis, cinema, art and popular culture, The Red Tapes is an extraordinary chronicle in which Acconci locates the self within the mythic constructions of culture and history." (-Electronic Arts Intermix website)
ACCONCI, Vito
1976
Creator: Vito Acconci; with Ericka Beckman, Ilona Granet, Richie O'Halloran, Kathy Rusch, David Salle, Michael Zwack;Camera: Ed Bowes; Sound: Tom Bowes; Music: Charles Ives
3/4"
English
Artist Video (V)
V-14
UNDERTONE
sexuality
body art
performance
"One of Acconci's most compelling works, Undertone is a confrontational attempt to engage the viewer in an intimate, ultimately perverse relation with the artist. Acconci sits at the end of a long table, arms hidden underneath, facing the camera/viewer. Looking down, he begins a hypnotic monologue as he tries to convince himself that there is a woman under the table rubbing his thighs, or, alternately, that it is only himself rubbing his thighs. 'I want to believe there's no one here under the table ... I want to believe there's a girl here.' Then, in a direct address, he implicates the viewer in this fantasy: 'I need you to keep your place there at the head of the table. I need to know I can count on you...' Coercively positioning the viewer as both voyeur and accomplice, Acconci defines himself through the spectator as psychological other: 'I need you to screen out my lies, filter out the lies from the real point of view.' " (-Electronic Arts Intermix website)
ACCONCI, Vito
Electronic Arts Intermix
Electronic Arts Intermix
1973
Vito Acconci
VHS
English
Artist Video (V)
A33973a
Presentation
Sony SLH reel, 3 3/4 ips., 2 track stereo.
This tape contains the very end of a presentation where American performance and video artist Vito Acconci discusses his work.
Acconci, Vito
NSCAD
Vito Acconci, NSCAD students and faculty
wav
96 kHz
ARCH63
CORPORATION , THE
corporations mental disorders documentaries
Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, this film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"
ACHBAR, Mark & ABBOTT, Jennifer
Amazon
Mongrel Media
2003
Jennifer Abbott, Director / Editor ; Mark Achbar, Director / Producer / Screenwriter / Cinematographer / Executive Producer; Bart Simpson, Producer; Joel Bakan, Book Author / Screenwriter; Harold Crooks, Screenwriter; Rolf Cutts, Jeff Koffman & Kirk Tougas, Cinematographers; Leonard J. Paul, Composer; Velcrow Ripper, Musical Direction
DVD
English w/ French and Spanish subtitles
Documentary (D)
C67003aDVD
CORPORATION , THE
Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, this film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"
ACHBAR, Mark & ABBOTT, Jennifer
2003
DVD
English w/ French and Spanish subtitles
Documentary (D)
1616
C67003aDVD
COTTONLAND
drug addicts social issues
"When the last of Cape Breton's coalmines shut down in the late 1990s, the community of Glace Bay fell into economic despair, followed by social depression. Celebrated photographer and filmmaker Nance Ackerman decribes the human cost and the lure of OxyContin, a presciption painkiller...This film demystifies the world of the addict, while showing us the complex social nexus that contributes to such dependency. If a combination of social and economic factors increases the liklihood of dependency, a strong and cohesive social network can help people to resist. Ironically, this network exists in the neighbouring Mi'kmaq community of Membertou, where the economy is flourishing and a culture of hope thrives after generations of despair. Cottonland emphasizes the importance of a collective approach to the problems of addiction and dependency." (-DVD liner notes)
ACKERMAN, Nance
National Film Board
National Film Board of Canada
2006
Writer/Director: Nance Ackerman; Collaborating Director: Edward Buchanan; Producer:Annette Clarke;Contributing Writer: Edward Buchanan;Cinematography: Alain Dupras; Editor: Angela Baker; Sound: Aram Kouyoumdjian, Eva Madden, Jane Porter,John Rosborough, Alex Salter (...)
DVD
English
Documentary (D)
C677006a DVD
COTTONLAND
"When the last of Cape Breton's coalmines shut down in the late 1990s, the community of Glace Bay fell into economic despair, followed by social depression. Celebrated photographer and filmmaker Nance Ackerman decribes the human cost and the lure of OxyContin, a presciption painkiller...This film demystifies the world of the addict, while showing us the complex social nexus that contributes to such dependency. If a combination of social and economic factors increases the liklihood of dependency, a strong and cohesive social network can help people to resist. Ironically, this network exists in the neighbouring Mi'kmaq community of Membertou, where the economy is flourishing and a culture of hope thrives after generations of despair. Cottonland emphasizes the importance of a collective approach to the problems of addiction and dependency." (-DVD liner notes)
ACKERMAN, Nance
2006
DVD
English
Documentary (D)
2418
C677006a DVD