TEHCHING HSIEH: ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE 1980 - 1981

The presentation of One Year Performance 1980-1981 (commonly referred to as Time Clock Piece) at Carriageworks marks the first time a major solo work by Tehching Hsieh has been presented in Australia. This extraordinary work, the second of his One Year Performances, follows Hsieh as he punched a time clock in his studio, every hour on the hour, twenty-four hours a day, for an entire year.

The installation comprises the documents the artist produced (photographs, film, time cards, statements) as he observed the passing of time in this relentlessly methodical manner over a gruelling year-long period. Celebrated Taiwanese-American performance artist Tehching Hsieh is internationally recognised as a leading practitioner of durational performance. Hsieh explores questions of time, life and being and his works are notable for their conceptual purity and physical extremity.

29 APR - 6 JUL 2014

[Big_Not_Good]

The dedication and self discipline required to actually complete such a Sisyphusian task is breathtaking. Bravo you absolute mad lad!

[spacejunky-yt]

That’s a crazy amount of dedication 🙂‍↕️

[rouzhi_lei]

wait I didn't realise he can't sleep continuously omg for one whole year This is sure impressive and on another level

[MiningwithPudding]

Who's here because of an ART 102 discussion?

[huntingvega]

This is an awesome video but the sound effect at 1:42 sounds like a really long fart