Claim Excerpts

Claim Excerpts — Plot

A documentation of one of Acconci's most notorious performances, Claim Excerpts is a highly confrontational work, an exercise in self-induced, heightened behavioral states, and an aggressive psychological exploration of the artist/viewer relationship. During the three-hour performance, Acconci sat in the basement of 93 Grand Street in New York, blindfolded, armed with metal pipes and a crowbar. His image was seen on a video monitor in the upstairs gallery space. Staking claim to his territory, he tries to hypnotize himself through language into an obsessive state of possessiveness.

• Release date
• January 1, 1971
• Runtime
• 63 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Vito Acconci

Claim Excerpts — Cast

Vito Acconci Himself