Seedbed (1972): Cast

In this seminal sculpture‑performance, Chris Acconci positioned himself beneath a wooden ramp installed in the Sonnabend Gallery and spent three weeks masturbating for eight hours each day while audibly uttering explicit sexual phrases to visitors. The work merges architectural intervention with raw bodily act, embodying Acconci’s preoccupations with public versus private space, the viewer’s role, and the paradox of creating pleasure as both producer and recipient.

• VA Vito Acconci