I like intersections. They're the nature of New York, and there's always the possibility that when you're at one you can meet someone new. Have I ever met anyone new at an intersection? No, but I like the idea of it. I like cities because if you're stopping on the corner to wait for a light to change, there's the possibility that you and somebody else can talk. And if you and that somebody else start to talk, then you can start to argue, and if you start to argue, you might start a revolution.
Public space can be a lot better with some private space to contradict it and vice versa. It keeps the system alive. If the system is just one thing,… - Vito Acconci
Public space can be a lot better with some private space to contradict it and vice versa. It keeps the system alive. If the system is just one thing,…
- Vito Acconci
I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I would have preferred agent t… - Vito Acconci
I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I would have preferred agent t…
What I never wanted in art - and why I probably didn't belong in art - was that I never wanted viewers. I think the basic condition of art is the vie… - Vito Acconci
What I never wanted in art - and why I probably didn't belong in art - was that I never wanted viewers. I think the basic condition of art is the vie…
I wish we could make buildings that could constantly explode and come back in different ways. The idea of a changing environment suggests that if you… - Vito Acconci
I wish we could make buildings that could constantly explode and come back in different ways. The idea of a changing environment suggests that if you…
It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole. - Vito Acconci
It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole.
Architecture is inherently a totalitarian activity. One thing we hate about it is that when you design a space, you're probably designing people's be… - Vito Acconci
Architecture is inherently a totalitarian activity. One thing we hate about it is that when you design a space, you're probably designing people's be…
I'm using my own person in pieces, but I'm trying to turn my person into a nonperson in the sense of a person without will, without volition. I'm sub… - Vito Acconci
I'm using my own person in pieces, but I'm trying to turn my person into a nonperson in the sense of a person without will, without volition. I'm sub…
Any time you do something, you make decisions about time and space. I wanted those decisions to be out of my hands. I could be dragged, carried along… - Vito Acconci
Any time you do something, you make decisions about time and space. I wanted those decisions to be out of my hands. I could be dragged, carried along…
Architecture is not about space but about time. - Vito Acconci
Architecture is not about space but about time.
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