FaceOff (1973)

FaceOff is an ironic collusion of private and public of exposure and masking a tense ritual wherein Acconci divulges and then censors his selfrevelations Acconci turns on a reeltoreel audiotape recorder and bends down to the speaker to listen to it his face barely visible in the frame The audio is a recording of his own voice addressing himself and the viewer recounting intimate details about his life However whenever the material becomes too personal he tries to drown out his voice and prevent the viewer from hearing yelling No no no dont tell this dont reveal this Reacting to his recorded voice he becomes increasingly agitated as the tape proceeds