Theme Song
Vito Acconci
1973 | 00:33:17 | United States | English | B&W | Mono | 4:3 | 1/2" open reel video
Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles
Tags: Conceptual Art, Performance, Sexuality, Video History
In a vile and ingenious way, Acconci pleads with the camera/spectator to join with him, to come to him, promising to be honest and begging, "I need it, you need it, c'mon... look how easy it is." Acconci addresses the viewer as a sexual partner, acting as if no distance existed between them. The monitor becomes an agent of intimate address, presenting a disingenuous intimacy that is one-sided and pure fantasy, much like the popular love songs in the background with which Acconci croons, "I'll be your baby, I'll be your baby tonight, yeah, yeah."
This title was in the original Castelli-Sonnabend video art collection.
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