In 1980, after spending nearly two decades as a concrete poet, photo-conceptualist, videographer, and installation artist, Vito Acconci set out on a new artistic path that he still follows today. Acconci began designing sculptures patterned after architectural and furniture forms, as well as unique variations of public art. Viewer interaction was essential to these works, which included chairs and seating made of improbable materials like fluorescent tubes or gigantic seashells; a series of "self-erecting architectural units," which required a participant to "complete" them; and various outdoor projects that became part of the world around them. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of installed pieces, as well as computer and traditional architectural models for unbuilt projects, the book presents such works as Adjustable Wall Bra; the Garbage City project to reclaim a Tel Aviv trash mound; and Floor Clock, a 70-foot-diameter plaza piece in which giant motorized hour and minute hands crept by observers on number-shaped benches. A cool and funky look at "alternative" architecture! Domes- huge hemispherical cup shapes, odd chairs and beds on an angle...weird and wonderful. ISBN: 0944110878 Authors: Vita Acconci. Pages/Length: 97 Publisher: Milwaukee Art Museum Publication Date: 2001 Format: Paperback Primary Subject: architecture |