Tehching Hsieh: One Year Performance 1980-1981

[@chrisnaughton1943]

Wow I’ve been telling friends about this artist for years and just saw the video I was at the opening in 1980 in his TriBeCa loft in lower Manhattan There were about 30 people there We mingled around for 15 minutes He came out, didn’t say a word, punched the clock and left And that was it I was blown away

[@elmarkymark]

Thank you for sharing! That's incredible

[@frankmccourt1178]

I was disappointed to discover he did not punch in every single hour but then it hit me, thats just a perfect example of how human it is to fail. The results are art also

[@undetected2088]

Idiotic

[@pedroms720]

Oh! shut up

[@roamlikekane]

You truly have to have a philosphical resolve to endure such a feat. It is obvious that TehChing has this resolve. His clarity in vision and intention is astonishing and truly beautiful. Life is a "life sentence", indeed, and what we do within this paramater is largely based on our free-will.

[@snehathapa584]

This is crazy...... i cant believe i just discovered it now !!!!

[@haraldelpapayo]

Very amazing. I love the description and comments from Nina Miall. Thank you for this.

[@jglg7238]

I've been in my bedroom for the past 6 years, i have never left my house or seen the sky.

[@saharmartinez6253]

That's a very very long time. No obligation to answer any of the questions I ask, but was it a choice you made or did you have no other option? What does your day look like? What do you feel/think after having been in your bedroom for such a long period; do you miss/want anything? I've stayed in my house for short term periods before without going outside, but the periods were often only a week or so long.

[@Vhs.dreams]

Same

[@jglg7238]

@@saharmartinez6253 I don't know i think it's more of a mental depression i have going on (i think) my day is pretty bland, get up, wash/clean myself, eat, do stuff inside my room, sleep, repeat the next day. It started around 2016-17, have not been outside my house or talk to anyone besides my family members, and staying inside my bedroom ever since, I started to exercise and eat healthy makes me feel better now, and my mind is at ease sometimes. Yes, there are times i wish i can go outside because i feel like I've missed out on so much things in the past 6 years which i know i will never get back (also i feel like my skills have gone in the past 6 years just staying home). Maybe i will go out again when i feel fully comfortably, I don't know if i have a mental illness, I have not asked anyone, i just keep it to myself.

[@saharmartinez6253]

@@jglg7238 Thank you for your answers :) It's really interesting to read about, and I'm sure you've probably also gained skills in this time! Maybe you don't personally value them as skills when analysing your time, but someone else could find much value in them. I hope you feel better and that your mind stays calm. Do you have any friends that come and visit? I think it would be easier to go outside if you're with someone you can trust and feel comfortable with; often if you're walking with someone, you're in your own bubble and what's happening externally/around you is less noticeable. Or perhaps going outside at times when there are less people out- I used to do this. Like going to parks/fields very early in the morning, or going on hikes on weekdays when there is no one else around. Thanks again

[@kurdtcobain2896]

Bro did u come out

[@finisaborigine1712]

I accidentally stumbled upon Mr. Hsieh (through Marina Abramovic). Normally i am quite condescending about what people may call "modern art" or "minimal art" or "contemporary art". But this is sure as hell no "art" in the way the feeble minded creatures call for example shit in a can. This is a stance, a philosophy, a constant play. It is genius and the most original thing to see someone to REALLY express his philosophy and cosmotheory (meaning his perception about life), and to see that people all around the globe ensternize (meaning to adopt) a philosophical movement that has been in the depths of philosophy even from the old years. To reach this kind of level, to say for example that life is a "sentence" you reach in the utmost level of understanding. This root philosophy can be traced back to Pythagoras / Plato and Aristotle and in their deepest teachings. In any case , in the words of Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek Writer (late 19th - mid 20th century), who was nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature, in his work Salvatores Dei (Saviours of the God) aka Ascetic , he says "Ερχόμαστε από μια σκοτεινή άβυσσο. Καταλήγουμε σε μια σκοτεινή άβυσσο. Το μεταξύ φωτεινό διάστημα το λέμε Ζωή" , which literally and exactly means "We originate from the dark abyss. Our finish is in the dark abyss. The inbetween time in light, we call Life".

[@pedgo94]

Very interesting commentary. Thank you

[@tienglongmy]

It means nothing. You're just passing time writing this. (Shit in a can)

[@alidalantinga451]

Amazing comentary.... ❤️ Amazing Work....

[@MasterClassComments]

"Art"?? "Philosophical understanding" No. This is an example of absolute discipline. Hell week? Discipline no, is hell YEAR.

[@Grawlix_Jungle]

It is also philosophical art. The two aren’t mutually exclusive

[@somadood]

incredible

[@cinejan]

Delirium for sure.

[@joshuajacobs6481]

At 6:29 she relates his work to something “baguette e’en”, I obviously don’t know how to spell it that’s what it says in the captions, because I can’t for the life of me find out who she is talking about. Who is this that she is referring to?

[@joshuajacobs6481]

Actually is it Samuel Beckett?

[@iridescentpeacock]

@@joshuajacobs6481 yeah she said Beckettian, i.e. Samuel Beckett-esque (like bleak, impersonal, miserable, tragi-comic)

[@isabellam1936]

A true masterpiece

[@RyanLynch1]

imagine never sleeping for more than an hour for a whole year

[@NoEvidenceForGod]

Even Tehching himself doesn't know what that feels like given he slept through 133 clock punches lol

[@taylormurphy8224]

“A little damage is good for the system”

[@TobynJacobs]

My type of art

[@kamenneikoo7854]

Im surprised his English was that bad considering how long he spent in the US

[@alferedfarjam8577]

The passage of time is nothing but an increase in entropy //We have to use energy to prevent entropy increase, but why can't we stop our aging?

[@SuburbanAndAgony]

Englic three honnoers

[@mirouu13]

Crazy just

[@pleaseexcusemeimavirgo7126]

This is the year I was born

[@DavidNorthMusic]

So your parents also didn't sleep for this year.

[@Cjdisncucjdns]

테칭 시에

[@davey5thousand]

Who is Baquet Ian?

[@Grawlix_Jungle]

(Samuel) Beckett-ian

[@ambrose7196]

Same shit different hour

[@katmai90210]

pretty disappointed how this was labeled as a "single minded" activity.

[@robvisualstreetphotography]

Sleep 8 hours Work 8 hours Play 8 hours die

[@Danilo_300]

quem veio por causa do assombrados?:v

[@Danilo_300]

HAHAHAHAH

[@geversonheutman]

2

[@fran3758]

#ASSOBRADOS

[@tushar5556]

How is this art?

[@user-JJ1998]

It’s a performance piece. It hits harder if all you do is work, eat and sleep

[@aztro.99]

what else could it be if not art?

[@haggeoromero]

oh god....the horror.

[@MrVersipellis]

did anyone else feel like she had absolutely no clue what she was talking about? bunch of buzzwords :/

[@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG]

YEAH I DID

[@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.

[@beanbitch-v8n]

He… did sleep though, he slept only about 25 minutes per hour. No one said he didn’t.

[@bumpylines]

the fact that Nina Miall could confabulate things in such a tasteful, almost delightful sense of blithe insouciance left me appalled in complete horripilation and now am convinced that humanity is in fact, a scarcity in this day and age.

[@saw71466]

Poop every hour. For one year.

[@ambrose7196]

Revolutionary