CELEBRATING VITO ACCONCI

Memorial for Vito Acconci
24 January 2018, MoMA, New York

On 24 January 2018 Maria Acconci held a memorial for Vito at MoMA in New York. Among the speakers were his artist and architect friends such as James Turrell, Peter Dorsey, Glenn D. Lowry, Klaus Biesenbach and Peter Noever.

The event ended with a video presentation of Vito Acconci’s poem “Antarctica of the mind”, 2004 narrated by the author himself.

Vito Acconci was invited by Peter Noever to participate in the exhibition “Vienna for Art’s Sake!” at the Belvedere in Vienna in 2015. → Vienna for Art’s Sake!

<p>Invitation “Celebrating Vito Acconci”, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — archive peter noever</p>
<p>Peter Noever’s speech for Vito Acconci, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — archive peter noever</p>
<p>Peter Noever’s speech for Vito Acconci, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — archive peter noever</p>
<p>Peter Noever’s speech for Vito Acconci, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — archive peter noever</p>
<p>Peter Noever’s speech for Vito Acconci, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — archive peter noever</p>
<p>Vito’s boots with Klaus Biesenbach, Director MoMA PS1 and chief curator at large at MoMA, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — photo: Andrea Lenardin Madden, archive peter noever</p>
<p>Vito’s boots, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — photo: Andrea Lenardin Madden, archive peter noever</p>
<p>Vito’s boots and Peter Noever, MoMA, New York, 24 January 2018 — photo: Juan Puntes, archive peter noever</p>

Peter Noever - Vito Acconci Tribute 2018 from no ever on Vimeo.