Theme Song, dir. Vito Acconci, 1973. Vito uses a video camera in CU on his face, his body in the middle and background. He undulates to seduce the viewer - using pop songs as advertisement for his sexuality. Interesting: video as masturbation ... Acconci acknowledges the viewers nonexistence to him: "I can feel your body right next to me ... I know I'm only kidding myself ... you're not here."
Check Acconci out on UBU.
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Death Day Suit: with self-inflicted damage, dir. Jubal Brown, 2002. In DV, Brown showcases the injuries he has inflicted on himself over the past 10+ years, chronicling the possibility of suicide and/or death at any moment. Absolute nihilism, pure schizophrenic ecstasy [what would Baudrillard say?]. Brown counts his scars, relaying tedious information to us, yet the scars are not showcased in a manner apparent to the viewer - for instance, chronologically. Time has no meaning, and, simultaneously, time means everything: all this pain will end.
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