mikkipedia:

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Trademarks from September 1970, by Vito Acconci, scanned from Avalanche magazine, Fall 1972. Acconci’s text: “Biting myself: biting as much of my body as I can reach. Applying printers’ ink to the bites; stamping bite-prints on various surfaces.”

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“the liquidity of that saliva indicates more than an image, more than the act of marking. [kathy] o’dell describes it as ‘a visual analogue for tears.’ she explains that ‘the repeated biting simulates attachment and separation from the body of the maternal figure—which is to say, from her skin.’”—jane blocker, what the body cost: desire, history, and performance