Seedbed (1972)

In this legendary sculptureperformance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery Over the course of three weeks he masturbated eight hours a day while murmuring things like Youre pushing your cunt down on my mouth or Youre ramming your cock down into my ass Not only does the architectural intervention presage much of his subsequent work but all of Acconcis fixations converge in this the spiritual sphincter of his art In Seedbed Acconci is the producer and the receiver of the works pleasure He is simultaneously public and private making marks yet leaving little behind and demonstrating ultraawareness of his viewer while being in a semitrance state Jerry Saltz via httpwwwubucomfilmacconciseedbedhtml