Remote Control (1971)

The twochannel piece Remote Control is an exercise in manipulation and control between artist and subject male and female On separate channels the viewer sees Acconci and Kathy Dillon sitting alone in wooden boxes in different rooms each facing a static camera Although they can only see and hear each other on separate monitors they attempt to interact and respond to one another directly as if their communication were unmediated Through language and gesture Acconci tries to manipulate Dillons actions from his box as though by remote control