The first guest lecturer of the year for ITP’s first year class was Vito Acconci. He spoke for about an hour, tracing the development of his work from poetry and text pieces, through video, performance, installation and site-specific works, up to his current architectural practice. What was most fascinating was how he situated these seemingly disparate creative practices within a single, more or less linear narrative about breaking down distinctions between artist and audience, and between public and private spaces. Read the rest of this entry »