Artist field note

Tehching Hsieh

Time itself becomes the material.

Appears inPerformance
Cage Piece by Tehching Hsieh — Example from the series
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Cage Piece

1978-79

Hsieh spends a year alone in a cage without reading, writing, radio or conversation. Duration strips performance to existence.

The five in one idea

Hsieh makes one-year rules so simple that life has nowhere to hide from them.