The Insanity Artist

The story of Tehching Hsieh, a performance artist who went to extreme places mentally for the sake of his art.

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[theuniverse]

Photographers paint with light, musicians paint with sounds, and he painted with time

[le]

I feel a bit sad for him. He wanted to show us the effects of time, mindless/endless routine, challenge, and strength. and for that, he sacrificed himself

[footman]

The time card one is actually an amazing metaphor of the effect of tiring routines like work or school on the human psyche

[theeguy]

"The day will end, with or without me." This is a phrase I've always used to comfort myself and frankly this man had made me realize why.

[hanslim]

This guy really thought, "How can I make my life infinitely harder and more stressful than it already is?"

[YoNickSoko]

This is the toughest mindset of someone I’ve seen. Most of us wouldn’t last a day doing this shit

[Tara_P_Rose]

Can’t believe I’ve never heard of him, someone like him that is willing to go those extremes for the purpose of art deserves a lot more recognition in my opinion.

[ComposerKuandohan]

His 13 year long art project where he doesn’t ever show anyone his art, that’s almost like most people who create art, music, movies, etc and never show it to anyone. Either they make it for themselves or their very close friends. The art they make then dies off with them. It’s kind of amazing how much art gets created and truly never gets experienced. I have some music up in random places, but I literally have days of music that only I have listened to and probably will never post anywhere. It’s the nature of art I guess? Anyway, that’s what his piece makes me think of.

[BetoMelancia]

it's a shame this man isn't visible to the world. never heard about him.

[monky]

It’s remarkable how this guys art projects are some of the most viral YouTube ideas nowadays. Ahead of his time

[ryan_alexander]

Studied this dude in art school, massive respect for him, but the dude's crazy lmao

[bluevanga]

Bruh after working in retail for so long the time clock piece really hit me hard. The monotony, the repetition, the rat race to always be on time and present or loose ur job. Then again getting fired from a retail job is probably a good thing

[anonymousanonymous-twwm]

He's not only into art, he is also into pain.

[sylvesterhurt]

Why isn’t he talked about in public school art classes. This would have inspired me as a kid. Somthing I can do without actual talent, just sheer will and discipline. Bravo good Sir

[Guggism]

I see a very disciplined man. I'm envious of his ablity in self control. imaginen with will that strong and all you want to do is to learn or train or studying. what a beast of a human.

[-Divine-]

That time clock piece still makes me cry my eyes out. When I think about the years I put into meaningless commitments. Whether it be jobs, college, and friends/relationships. I missed out on a lot of precious valuable time I could’ve used to create something. Or go somewhere different.

[sinacide]

How ironic someone who was so fascinated with time was born on New Year’s Eve.

[VxssxlSlxyer]

Finally someone big made a video about this guy holy shit

I remember going to a multi-artist exhibit back in 2013-2014 and watching the punch-clock performance by Hsieh not knowing what was going on and reading about it afterwards. My mind was blown away after reading about what was going on in that performance and several others he performed, and it was pretty much what brought my interest in performance art

And if I can remember correctly, they were also exhibiting the very own punch-clock he used in the piece

[lb]

He’s definitely not crazy. Just reflecting on things in our society. Honestly beautiful.

[pplelo]

I'm starting to learn that art isn't something real that exists out there, it's in the eyes of the people that look at/for it. Hard thing to accept.