Tate Shots: Vito Acconci

Pioneer of performance art, Vito Acconci talks about three groundbreaking 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