TateShots: Vito Acconci

Pioneer of performance art, Vito Acconci talks about three ground-breaking actions he staged at the Sonnabend Gallery, New York in January 1972. In ’Seedbed’ Acconci positioned himself in the confined space under a specially constructed ramp and repeatedly masturbated, using the sound of visitors walking above him to fuel his sexual fantasies. ’Transference Zone’ took place in a small room containing photographs of seven people who had an important place in the artist’s life, along with some of their po