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– lenelenejo

What if one day you run into renowned contemporary artist Vito Acconci on a random street in the city where you live, what then?

Option A: Get on to greet Acconci and introduce yourself.

Option B: Follow Acconci until he enters a building or a private place, just like how he followed strangers on the streets in his famous Following Piece (1969).

Thanks to Para/Site Art Space, Acconci and Ai were brought together to Hong Kong for a “Vito Acconci + Ai Wei Wei: Artists in conversation” (12th April 2010, from 6.30 to 8pm, HK Arts Centre), and the hypothetical scenario I cited above was no more hypothetical.

Regarding the talk, to be honest, I am a bit disappointed and haven’t got much to write about. As a rare occasion it was that Acconci and Ai appeared together in Hong Kong, I was …

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