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Seedbed. 1972. Super 8 film transferred to video (color, silent). 10 min. Gift of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf and Committee on Media Funds. 191.2007. © 2024 Vito Acconci.
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Vito Acconci (Italian: [ˈviːto akˈkontʃi], ; January 24,...
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Seedbed is a performance piece first performed by Vito Acconci on 15–29 January 1972 at Sonnabend Gallery in New York City . In the piece, there is a low wooden ramp merging with the floor. The ramp extends across the width of the room, beginning two feet up the side of one wall and slanting down to the middle of the floor.
Title: Seedbed. Artist: Vito Acconci (American, Bronx, New York 1940–2017 New York) Date: 1972. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 20.1 x 29.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 11/16 in.) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1993. Accession Number: 1993.116
His performance and video work was marked heavily by confrontation and Situationism. In the mid-1970s, Acconci expanded his métier into the world of audio/visual installations. One installation/performance work from this period, perhaps his best known work, is Seedbed (January 15–29, 1972).
Vito Acconci (Italian: [ˈviːto akˈkontʃi], ; January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American performance, video and installation artist, whose diverse practice eventually included sculpture, architectural design, and landscape design.
3 de may. de 2011 · In January 1972 artist Vito Acconci staged three groundbreaking actions at the Sonnabend Gallery in New York. In Seedbed he 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.
