VD lives/TV must die [videorecording] / by Vito Acconci. [1978]

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VD lives/TV must die [videorecording] / by Vito Acconci. [1978]

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The 1978 video installation VD lives/TV must die consisted of two TV monitors playing footage of erotic images and sounds, and each tape included here functioned as part of this two-channel installation. In the original exhibition, metal balls placed on stretched elastic bands were poised to smash the image on each monitor.

2 videocassettes of 2 (U-Matic) (24 min.) : sd. ; 3/4 in. original.

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Long Beach museum of art

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