Tehching Hsieh - 'All Art Comes From Life' | TateShots

In this short film we hear the story of how Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh's life as an illegal immigrant informed his piece One Year Performance 1980-1981.
Hsieh moved from Taiwan to the United States as a stowaway in 1974, living as an illegal immigrant until he was granted amnesty in 1988.
For One Year Performance 1980-1981, Hsieh rigorously punched a time clock every hour for 366 days from 11 April 1980 to 11 April 1981. The resulting installation consists of letters, statements, uniforms, photographs, punch clock and a time card.
Between 1978 and 1986 Hsieh made five year-long performances, followed by a thirteen-year performance of making art but not publicly showing it.
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[@YoNickSoko]

So much admiration for this man

[@MphozaIsDope]

I can't put into words how this man's art has absolutely changed my relationship with time...

[@ralcesh250]

I don't know if someone else has had this experience, but I saw one of his pieces of art, and I just started to cry. I'm not sure if it is because my perception of his work was to not fear the absence of time, or if it was just the stillness of it, but it affected me deeply. Just throwing this out there.

[@deamooz9810]

I found his work very comforting. When and if you stop being afraid of death and accept it as natural and destined, you stop being worried of "wasting" time or not doing enough. You just live and pass time

[@KillumiGnarly]

mass deoression time is a prison for many people this man documented the mental struggle of keeping going beautifully!

[@-mv]

huge respect for him. Always inspired to explore my mental capabilities the same way he explored his.

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Greatest artist of all time in my opinion. Literally sacrificed everything he had for his work, for years. He is the ultimate testament to what humans are capable of.

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

Demonstrably false. People have pushed the limits way harder than this.

[@Perseus2105]

I agree. He is the greatest artist of all time! Unbelievable work.

[@Ma_rkw589]

a legend of the game

[@jihaeko-medicinebody1198]

Huge respect for his work🙏✨

[@RiverFaught]

A man that appears to have a unique spirit and kindness

[@shadowbody]

The god of durational performance

[@anupDartist]

Passing the time with STYLE ..

[@user-zj6ie5gc2t]

how did he afford to live during these performances? and how is he surviving financially since 2000 ?

[@orlandomaldonado8890]

2k you sound like my mom 😂

[@247onacid]

during one of his perfomances he lived on the street 100% of time, not going under any roof for one year. i think people like him have a different view on money and time. also I think he made enough cash to sustain himself til rest of his days by selling some of his works, I read some of his works were sold for 90+k $, now imagine how much is that for a guy who can literally live for nothing.

[@peregrinecovington4138]

This was my curiosity as well... Maybe he saved up enough over the six years to do the one year project or maybe he got help from other artists in the scene.

[@daviddd0928]

He survived on minimum wage doing dishes and cleaning floor in new York and saved up enough for him to live a few years. He is not materialistic at all while his family is very wealthy in Taiwan.

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

I found a comment on letterboxd of all places that says he runs a small cafe somewhere in America these days

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

Very glad I discovered this man when I did.

[@lindsayroberts7163]

Love this!

[@lauramarkovic5307]

Incredible person!

[@miguelurzua7230]

I’m doing life because all art comes from life. Doing art, doing life, doing time New life moto!

[@pixmadennis9488]

this guy can be put in jail and not care

[@curbyour____9506]

Probably the only guy who can survive solitary

[@danny_89]

And make it as art

[@peregrinecovington4138]

This dude put himself in jail

[@ulrichbihler3952]

He lived for one year in a cell voluntarily

[@T1mothyTee]

Genius

[@somadood]

incredible

[@HunterHunter67]

king

[@taytrong]

the mainstream: punk rock is dead Sam Hsieh: hold my beer

[@TheMudkipzGames]

i wish the music wasn’t there

[@McDanMan84]

Where’s the full video!?!?

[@shacirsss]

73

[@0Linerider0forever0]

I can't believe that people believe he did this, think about how long a year is. With no sleep. The record is 11 days. This guy says he did that 36 times in a row. Humans can't survive in without PROPER sleep, REM sleep, you can't get that in 1 hour sessions.

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Silly comment tbh. It was an incredibly well documented piece. He had witnesses to sign off on his punch cards, he had open days where the public could watch him clock in, there's some 8600 photos of him physically disintegrating, his bedroom was set up so his alarm was hooked up to an amp. To say you don't believe this happened is just embarrassing. There is a genuinely staggering amount of proof he did it.

[@shacirsss]

70s

[@Dozey48]

12 fps video

[@organizajoan257]

Who paid his bills and stuff while he was performing?

[@ChrisFeeBacon]

A friend of him in nyc.

[@LawnMowerFan]

@@ChrisFeeBacon bro got his question answered after 3yrs 😎

[@SD__90]

@@LawnMowerFan 😂😂

[@bramiwami]

@@ChrisFeeBacon In a Tehching Hsieh video of all places...

Artists can life doing nothing... It's great...

[@molly9929]

Nope, they can't. Normals can live a life doing nothing, funny thing is, they think that they are doing something. Working in a shop is doing something? Maybe if you can't remember couple of numbers. But artist, who want to LIVE FROM ART ONLY FROM ART, need to be very active. And your opinions take for yourself, we don't want to be ignorant right?

[@wangzhicong]

​@@molly9929 Artists do something what they do,so called art.Normals do what they so the human society could run.Working in a shop is LITERALY doing something.You are not normal?

[@jackbrittton]

huh

[@minxmacleod5093]

huh

[@-mv]

HUH