"Some strange mix of public and private" - Vito Acconci's methodology of connecting the private with the public: Writing on the page - Following the casual passer-by - Inventing the city

Paul van Beek (1)

1 Universiteit Antwerpen = University of Antwerpen [Antwerpen]

New York-based Vito Acconci (born 1940) is considered a pioneer of the Performance art of the 1960s. His work has evolved from poetry through video and performance art to architecture and design. Vito Acconci's production can be understood in terms of "some strange mix(ing) of public and private." Several concerns intersect: the linguistic representation of space; the bodily experiences of space; and the ambiance-related dimensions of public and private space. Acconci considers architecture as an opportunity for action. Acconci's interest for the built environment and its sensory construction has grown organically from earlier interests of the artist Acconci for the relation of the human body to the public space, and the writer Acconci for the physicality of language and the spatial structure of poetry.

Mots clés: language; performance; Vito Acconci; public; private; public space; private space

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Sociologie

Paul van Beek. "Some strange mix of public and private" - Vito Acconci's methodology of connecting the private with the public: Writing on the page - Following the casual passer-by - Inventing the city. Ambiances in action / Ambiances en acte(s) - International Congress on Ambiances, Montreal 2012, Sep 2012, Montreal, Canada. pp.305-310. ⟨halshs-00745945⟩