Recording Studio From Air Time (1973)

Recording Studio From Air Time is a personal confessional in which video is both a mirror and a mediating device Alone in an isolation chamber in the gallery every day for two weeks Acconci sat with the camera focused at his reflection in a mirror To the gallery public his image was seen on a video monitor while his voice was heard through audio speakers Isolated in his confessional Acconci begins a streamofconsciousness monologue about his fiveyear relationship with a woman recounting explicit details of their life together and his most intimate feelings towards her Im talking to you so that I can see myself the way you see me he states Im acting something out for them Becoming increasingly disdainful and cruel he ultimately decides to end the relationship In Air Time video is a vehicle for both an extremely intimate introspection and for the transmission of this selfexamination into the public sphere EAI