There's a legal term for a problem in public space: something that might draw people to an area-say, across train tracks-where they might be caused harm. It's called a 'public nuisance.' I wouldn't mind being called that for my life's work.
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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