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Following Piece

Acconci, Vito
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/2266
Date
1969
Description
Part of the exhibition "Street Works IV", Architectural League of New York, October 1-31, 1969. The terms of the exhibition were: anytime during the month, do a piece using any steet in New York City. My piece, then, was designed to use, potentially, all the time alotted, all the space available. Each day, I pick out a different person, at random, in the street, any location: I follow that person as long as I can, until he/she goes off into a private place - home, office, etc. A following episode might last two or three minutes (a person gets into a car, I can't grab a taxi in time, I can't follow); a following episode might last seven or eight hours (a person goes to a restaurant, a person continues his/her evening by going to a movie...) The next month, there's a follow-up to the FOLLOWING PIECE: each day, a letter is sent to a different person, somewhere in the United States - each letter describes the particular details of the following episode that occurred on that day, one month before. A month after that, there's a follow-up to the follow-up: each day a letter is sent to a different person, outside the country - each letter notates the letter sent on that day, one month before, each letter describes the following episode that occurred on that day, two months before.
 
full view, photodocumentation of performance
 
Type of Work
Photographic print; Performance art
Subject
Voyeurism, Performance art --United States, Taboo, Stalking, Architectural League of New York
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