Vito Acconci

The TV's ubiquitous presence in the household turned it into a sculptural object. One that has its own influence on domesticity, its own parameters of media communication, and its own power to alter perspective. Vito Acconci muses about how this relatively new found method of mass media differs from other ones, from its size "how a face appears normal" to the fact that it appears in some of the most intimate spaces in our lives "at the foot of the bed." His point is further stretched when considering a video installation- something he calls an oxymoron of sorts. The TV media and moving image are placeless- vehicles for media, not objects in their own right, but when installed in a gallery, they force their message, in a physical space upon a physical viewer.

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