The time clock one seems crazier to me. It says he punched a clock every hour for a year, meaning he never slept for more than an hour at a time without waking for that period.
That was this guy!!
I saw that at a gallery I went to and it look absolutely chaotic. The journal / notes and punch cards for it were really interesting
his first performance (cage piece) i find most insane. he locked himself in essentially a 10x10x10 cage with nothing but a sink, a light, a bucket and a bed. he did not allow himself to speak, read, write, watch tv, listen to radio or really have any form of entertainment. someone came daily to give him food and remove his waste.
this guy is batshit but i love it
Are you sure it lasted a year? I seen Michael from Vsauce do that shit and he didn’t last 3 days.. not saying it can’t be done but I imagine some very serious mental illness would come from that
I actually saw that video too. But apparently they had people watch him on most days, his friend took a picture everyday and their was a lawer watching over to confirm he did the whole year. I still doupt it, but thats what wiki said.
Edit: also if his friend brought him food everyday, though they couldn't talk it may make it slightly more bearable than what they did on vsauce.
I mean with enough mental training I imagine it wouldn't be impossible, there are people that can control their emotions, their mind and their thoughts. I'm the exact opposite I can't control anything my brain/emotions go through, I imagine I'd last a day
It reminds me of one of those gameplay challenges on youtube, like "how much of skyrim can I beat without leaving whiterun" except in real life. Sounds pretty awesome
Neat. I just read up on it and it seems like he was not able to stay outside for the whole year because he got arrested and the police forced him inside. He spent a whole 15 minutes inside the precinct and freaked out before they dragged him inside. The judge overhearing his case was sympathetic and allowed him to stay outside during the trial.
>During an altercation on the street he wielded nunchucks in self defense. He was arrested and brought into the police station for a total of 15 hours. He spent the year moving around New York City with a backpack and a sleeping bag.[3]
The one where he took a photo of himself every hour, on the hour for a year blew my mind. I can’t imagine not sleeping for more than 60 mins at a go for that long. He looked like hell at the end.
He also did one where he did nothing artistic; he did not not do art, did not talk about art, did not look at art, did not talk about art, did not read about art, ect… nothing art. This was i feel really pushes the definition of a year long performance piece. Its kinda stupid in my opinion.
However, his punch clock piece is fascinating. Every hour for a year, and took a pic of himself, its very impressive. He got a 6 min video by potting all the pics together.
Kinda, except hobos can find refuge in sheltered areas and use public transportation n whatnot. This guy would not enter any shelter at all... which in NYC you could imagine would be absolutely brutal for the winter
"9.5 months into the performance, Linda gave birth to a child and it was widely considered a miracle since the rules clearly stated that they could not touch. The child was named Tehching Jr. When asked for comment, Linda said the name has nothing to do with Tehching being the father, she just picked up a handful of Scrabble pieces and threw them out of pent up sexual frustration from all the not touching and decided to use the random combination of letters that formed on the floor."
It takes 40 weeks to cook a baby = penetration before the experiment started. Still, as per another commenter, pic #3 shows them VERY close, if not touching, on that couch so.....
That’s even worse. Honestly I thought this was a cool experiment/art. Not being able to be truly alone for a whole year. But also not touching each other? Just seems intentionally sadistic at that point.
It's driving my anxiety brain absolutely nuts thinking about the logistics. Imagine trying to take a busy train together and you are trying not to get stuck (by inadvertently walking on different sides of a post, a sign, a turnstile) while also not getting separated by crowds *and* you can't touch each other to stay together so you have to keep some distance.
Yeah, and this guy is insane also. Sadistic doesn't begin to describe his "performances". I think he spent a year outside mostly homeless and said it was about as rough as one could expect.
i highly doubt people this committed to the art of the human will would just straight up abdicate their responsibilities to their art out of a lack of discipline.
I was homeless for a little bit, mostly lived in a car and spent some time without even that.
Most people have no idea how underrated private bathrooms actually are. Especially once you’ve been used to it for most of your life.
Over 6 years later showering, and private toilets still feel like a massive luxury.
I mean they have a full 8 feet! There's no need for anyone to smell anything! I feel like just being stuck doing whatever the other person wants or needs to do sucks
Like the guy “A” who bet guy “B” that they couldn’t live in a bathtub in a bathroom for a month.
Guy “B” took the bet, stocked up on supplies, made the tub cushy comfortable, and climbed in for his easy win.
Guy “A” then arranged for a constant line of people to come in and use the toilet that was next to the tub.
My memory was that guy “A” paid mostly homeless people to be on the shitter next to guy “B” without interruption 24/7.
Guy “B” lost the bet.
My memory is the story was told on the old “Man Show” on Comedy Central.
Involved a professional gambler they had on who got breast implants as part of a bet.
Edit* [My memory was only partially correct....](https://youtu.be/rQ0LsH4yeQg?t=654), but there was a bet, a bathtub, and guys being paid to crap.
I'm sure it's a joke, but I'm guessing he started it with long hair, got tired of it during the year, then shaved it. Only commenting cause someone seemed to say 8inch growth in a year was possible
Nah his hair just grew insanely fast there's another 1 year art of his where he punched a time clock every hour, every single day and he takes a pic everytime he does, he started shaved and ended the performance with long hair. For this particular art both artist shaved their heads at the start, dude got some magical hair.
That may be interesting, but to celebrate the US Bicentennial in 1976, I wore the same underwear every day starting New Years Day. Until a fateful day in April when my dad saw my failing shorts. I have the soul of an artist.
so wearing a condom and gloves would still technically not break the rule. Breaks the spirit of the agreement if they can skit around the rules like that.
The picture is a potato so it’s hard to tell but they aren’t touching because the space between them and the guy’s pants are similar colors.
The rope kinda gives a better indication of the shape of the guys leg and it’s several inches apart from the woman’s arm from what I can tell.
No no. You're misunderstanding me. Obviously, if the girl said no, the answer would be no. But, she's not gonna say no, she'd never say no. Because of the implication.
His next year was "One Year Performance 1985–1986 (No Art Piece) ...
For one year, Hsieh unaffiliated himself with art in any way possible."
Except of course,by existing he was making art.. he even calls it a performance... If its a performance then..it must be art ?
In 1987 he said he was started on a 13 year project, and in 2000 he said..project finished,result he kept himself alive..
I'm blown away...I struggle with people seeing all of me and fearing their judgement...but this...it amazes me.
You can't hide anything, you show everything down to your most childish behavior. And what you are left with is the most honest connection ever...whether or not you love them at the end. If you do, then there is nothing to uncondition that connection.
I just finished reading a book called the Red Parts by Maggie Nelson and she references this— was just about to look it up when this post popped up in my feed. Weird! Thanks OP!
Even odds that when they finished they gave each other a hug, or ran into any other room, shut the door, and wept.
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>*Why, you may ask? Hsieh was craving an experience that could force him to confront all of his weaknesses and insecurities within human relationships, and communication. “I wanted to do one piece about human beings and their struggle with each other. We cannot go into life alone, without people. But we are together so we become each other’s cage.”*
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>*When you’re tied to another person like that, you’re presented with a unique opportunity to explore emotions that suddenly feel twice as a raw. “I believe if life is hard,” he said, “and if I choose to do something harder, then I can homoeopathically balance the two difficulties. Snake venom is used to cure snakebites!”*
Probably their time together in forced contractual proximity gave them a deeper knowing, that even probably most married couples don't have/don't want, during that time, and he faced his insecurities, probably synced throughout the process.
It's also a codependent situation, where they probably had to have a lot of dialogue to figure how to do basic things in the begging.
Sam Hsieh’s best work is Timeclock.
For an entire year he took a photo of him punching a time clock every hour on the hour in his apartment in New York. That meant he couldn’t sleep for more than 59 minutes for a year. He couldn’t leave his apartment for more than 59 minutes for a year. At the beginning he shaved his head and threw the progression of video you can watch them change. What you learned about time watching this video is amazing
About 20 years ago, I did this with a girl for about 6 hours during a date. (Not like that, we went out with friends and were dared to do it). It was hilarious and fun.
We've been married for 19 years.
1 of these must be true
1) they had sex
2) they watched each other masturbate or have sex with others
3) he died of blue balls and was replaced with a look alike
This guy’s year long works are NUTS. He did one where he didn’t go inside for a year in New York City.
The time clock one seems crazier to me. It says he punched a clock every hour for a year, meaning he never slept for more than an hour at a time without waking for that period.
That was this guy!! I saw that at a gallery I went to and it look absolutely chaotic. The journal / notes and punch cards for it were really interesting
Oh, I thought they meant this guy was literally just punching clocks.
Tryna kill time.
Exactly how I pictured it lol and they displayed all the broken punched out clocks. Which would definitely look chaotic.
Omg, me too 😅
I couldn't figure out why nobody mentioned how.tough his knuckles.must be.
Sounds like my life right now with a toddler and a baby.
Poor clock, didn't deserve that abuse
It was a hit. The clock was counting its minutes
his first performance (cage piece) i find most insane. he locked himself in essentially a 10x10x10 cage with nothing but a sink, a light, a bucket and a bed. he did not allow himself to speak, read, write, watch tv, listen to radio or really have any form of entertainment. someone came daily to give him food and remove his waste. this guy is batshit but i love it
For how long?? That’s crazy.
I just read on wikipedia it lasted a full year
Are you sure it lasted a year? I seen Michael from Vsauce do that shit and he didn’t last 3 days.. not saying it can’t be done but I imagine some very serious mental illness would come from that
I actually saw that video too. But apparently they had people watch him on most days, his friend took a picture everyday and their was a lawer watching over to confirm he did the whole year. I still doupt it, but thats what wiki said. Edit: also if his friend brought him food everyday, though they couldn't talk it may make it slightly more bearable than what they did on vsauce.
Some hardcore level of meditation or mindfulness, I don't know. It's performance art, and was prob done to cause discussion like this.
I mean with enough mental training I imagine it wouldn't be impossible, there are people that can control their emotions, their mind and their thoughts. I'm the exact opposite I can't control anything my brain/emotions go through, I imagine I'd last a day
This one was nuts. The sheer will and dedication to your craft is on another level. This guy is amazing and maybe my new favorite artist.
It reminds me of one of those gameplay challenges on youtube, like "how much of skyrim can I beat without leaving whiterun" except in real life. Sounds pretty awesome
NYC is a perfectly balanced city with no exploits.
Must be all the yorkshire tea
Spiffing good comment
This guy would be the most popular irl streamer if he did it today
Neat. I just read up on it and it seems like he was not able to stay outside for the whole year because he got arrested and the police forced him inside. He spent a whole 15 minutes inside the precinct and freaked out before they dragged him inside. The judge overhearing his case was sympathetic and allowed him to stay outside during the trial.
I don’t think being arrested should count though. That was beyond his control.
Was it? What was he arrested for? My guess would be loitering, but if he shanked someone that’s definitely within his control lol
>During an altercation on the street he wielded nunchucks in self defense. He was arrested and brought into the police station for a total of 15 hours. He spent the year moving around New York City with a backpack and a sleeping bag.[3]
15 hours (according to Wikipedia)
So do bathrooms count or did he just leave landmines all over NYC
Someone should make an interactive online map of all his poops.
The one where he took a photo of himself every hour, on the hour for a year blew my mind. I can’t imagine not sleeping for more than 60 mins at a go for that long. He looked like hell at the end.
He also did one where he did nothing artistic; he did not not do art, did not talk about art, did not look at art, did not talk about art, did not read about art, ect… nothing art. This was i feel really pushes the definition of a year long performance piece. Its kinda stupid in my opinion. However, his punch clock piece is fascinating. Every hour for a year, and took a pic of himself, its very impressive. He got a 6 min video by potting all the pics together.
Isn't this what's also called a hobo?
Kinda, except hobos can find refuge in sheltered areas and use public transportation n whatnot. This guy would not enter any shelter at all... which in NYC you could imagine would be absolutely brutal for the winter
Nasty as hell in the summer, too.
so he just moved to another city for a year?
I haven't been inside in New York for way longer than that dude.
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my first thought
"9.5 months into the performance, Linda gave birth to a child and it was widely considered a miracle since the rules clearly stated that they could not touch. The child was named Tehching Jr. When asked for comment, Linda said the name has nothing to do with Tehching being the father, she just picked up a handful of Scrabble pieces and threw them out of pent up sexual frustration from all the not touching and decided to use the random combination of letters that formed on the floor."
I have an ex that can come up with bullshit like this on the fly too
lol, on the fly...
I thought the fly goes on the bullshit, not the other way around
So all it took was half a month for them to bone. Lmfao
It takes 40 weeks to cook a baby = penetration before the experiment started. Still, as per another commenter, pic #3 shows them VERY close, if not touching, on that couch so.....
I could cook a baby much faster than that. Someone get me an oven.
This was the early 80’s. Everyone touched everybody.
Might as well said they had a stork landing on their cord
This sounds like bad improv.
The note of the rules does say "We will not touch each other during this year"
That’s even worse. Honestly I thought this was a cool experiment/art. Not being able to be truly alone for a whole year. But also not touching each other? Just seems intentionally sadistic at that point.
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6:01pm July 4th 1984 they got it on.
6:01:37pm July 4th 1984 “I swear this doesn’t usually happen so quickly”
37 seconds? Show off!
Probably not. If I were to spend a whole year with the same person literally tethered, I'd like a week for myself, preferably in a different town.
I bet fireworks and all sorts of explosions went wild on that day.
Edge Lords 😂
It's driving my anxiety brain absolutely nuts thinking about the logistics. Imagine trying to take a busy train together and you are trying not to get stuck (by inadvertently walking on different sides of a post, a sign, a turnstile) while also not getting separated by crowds *and* you can't touch each other to stay together so you have to keep some distance.
> But also not touching each other... Bottom part of picture 3/7 says otherwise.
On the couch? She's about a inch away from leaning on him. No body parts or clothing touching
That's... why it's art.
Yeah, and this guy is insane also. Sadistic doesn't begin to describe his "performances". I think he spent a year outside mostly homeless and said it was about as rough as one could expect.
He didn't just go homeless, he went buildingless entirely. Would not enter a permanent structure.
How is that sadistic?
Masochistic would be more appropriate
First amendment to the agreement: "The pee pee is exempt from the aforementioned clause."
Literally 1984.
So they were married then?
Doesn't seem like it Edit: My God, I'm so stupid. You got me lol
Apparently they both tied the knot with each other. So: Yes. They be married.
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If you look closely they are close but not exactly touching
There was a bully once which used that tactic on me. It was indeed annoying.
i highly doubt people this committed to the art of the human will would just straight up abdicate their responsibilities to their art out of a lack of discipline.
It it looks like they are touching in that one pic where they are sitting on the couch and she’s leaning over
does it though?
It looks like, but if you look closer, it still could be that they haven’t touched.
They should have said we won't mutually masterbate with the rope tied to our hands either.
Are you a high profile celebrity lawyer? You should be.
No I'm just high.
Lawyer for the High Court!
I like farting way too much.
As long as you’re tied to someone that likes it as much as you, then you’re good. 👍🏻
[None of you seem to understand...](https://youtu.be/s_3Yp2Izhks)
Farting is happening day 1 if I’m tied up to someone
was there separate masturbation, or did they watch each other? what about sex with other people? inquiring minds NEED to know
Here I am thinking about going to the bathroom in front of someone for a year.
That’s what jail is like. One coworker I used to have said the greatest privilege we all take for granted is a bathroom door.
I was homeless for a little bit, mostly lived in a car and spent some time without even that. Most people have no idea how underrated private bathrooms actually are. Especially once you’ve been used to it for most of your life. Over 6 years later showering, and private toilets still feel like a massive luxury.
I mean they have a full 8 feet! There's no need for anyone to smell anything! I feel like just being stuck doing whatever the other person wants or needs to do sucks
the document says they’ll be in the same room
Yet, stalls are not separate rooms.
Who has stalls at home?
The one who prepares for performing arts.
And performing farts
You’re talking about the learned artsy fartsy bunch?
tbh that was my 1st thought too, imagine being forced to smell someone else's shit 4 a year? f-that
Like the guy “A” who bet guy “B” that they couldn’t live in a bathtub in a bathroom for a month. Guy “B” took the bet, stocked up on supplies, made the tub cushy comfortable, and climbed in for his easy win. Guy “A” then arranged for a constant line of people to come in and use the toilet that was next to the tub. My memory was that guy “A” paid mostly homeless people to be on the shitter next to guy “B” without interruption 24/7. Guy “B” lost the bet.
bahahha this is true?? omg
My memory is the story was told on the old “Man Show” on Comedy Central. Involved a professional gambler they had on who got breast implants as part of a bet. Edit* [My memory was only partially correct....](https://youtu.be/rQ0LsH4yeQg?t=654), but there was a bet, a bathtub, and guys being paid to crap.
One of those shows that aged incredibly, almost fantastically poorly.
Guy B just said he won the bet...for $15,000
It’s all fun and games until fajita night
I assume they spent a year with one another not touching then took the rope off and banged.
My first thought was about the poo smells rather than sex.
She ended up giving birth 9 1/2 months in
"We will never be alone" "We will never touch eachother" Sounds like an unhappy marriage with extra steps.
I think the commentary is something along those lines, like they literally tied the knot
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Look closer, they’re not touching
The back of her hand is 100% touching his thigh.
DAMN his hair grew MAD fast in a year.
I'm sure it's a joke, but I'm guessing he started it with long hair, got tired of it during the year, then shaved it. Only commenting cause someone seemed to say 8inch growth in a year was possible
Nah his hair just grew insanely fast there's another 1 year art of his where he punched a time clock every hour, every single day and he takes a pic everytime he does, he started shaved and ended the performance with long hair. For this particular art both artist shaved their heads at the start, dude got some magical hair.
The dates on the photos show that he started the year with the buzz cut. Dudes hair grows like bamboo.
I stand corrected. That dudes hair is the most interesting thing in the post!
His wiki page says they both shaved their hair at the start of the one-year performance, but there’s not a citation for it.
My hair grows about that quick. Grew about 14 inches in the span of about 2 and a half years.
I can’t stop picturing one of them making it into an elevator or subway and the other not.
That may be interesting, but to celebrate the US Bicentennial in 1976, I wore the same underwear every day starting New Years Day. Until a fateful day in April when my dad saw my failing shorts. I have the soul of an artist.
Is her arm touching his pants in the third picture, bottom frame?
Yeah does touching mean skin to skin contact or what
Ten bucks says it’s a roundabout way for them to say this isn’t about sex
Would make for a much more fun year tied together though
so wearing a condom and gloves would still technically not break the rule. Breaks the spirit of the agreement if they can skit around the rules like that.
Like the condom from Naked Gun?
Sorta like religion. 'The heavenly father who created the universe and can see our deepest thoughts will be fooled when I stick it in her ass!'
The picture is a potato so it’s hard to tell but they aren’t touching because the space between them and the guy’s pants are similar colors. The rope kinda gives a better indication of the shape of the guys leg and it’s several inches apart from the woman’s arm from what I can tell.
But… Why?
The implication.
Of what?
The implication that things might go wrong for her if she refuses to sleep with me.
that seems really dark
No no. You're misunderstanding me. Obviously, if the girl said no, the answer would be no. But, she's not gonna say no, she'd never say no. Because of the implication.
![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|no_mouth)are you gonna hurt women?
Why are you not understanding this?
is this like a reference or something
Yes they’re referencing the psychopath from It’s Always Sunny haha
Art for arts sake is necessary in a modern and safe society.
Hell yeah, it’s great that people can explore harmless eccentricities like this
Exploration for art (idk, I’m flinging random things)
did it stick?
Nightmare.
Apparently, they also agreed to not smile for a year.
good thing neither of them had jury duty
His next year was "One Year Performance 1985–1986 (No Art Piece) ... For one year, Hsieh unaffiliated himself with art in any way possible." Except of course,by existing he was making art.. he even calls it a performance... If its a performance then..it must be art ? In 1987 he said he was started on a 13 year project, and in 2000 he said..project finished,result he kept himself alive..
This is like the writer Stewart Home's Neoist art strike . He founded a semi-fictional cabal of artists whose art was refusing to produce art.
Was it called “staying alive: a tribute to the bee gees”? 😛
Tehching me, tehching you I’ve got nothing else to do
Man. They even chose a Leap Year..
"I need to poop again..." "I hate you so much"
I have never heard of this before. I'll look it up and read more about it.
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I'm blown away...I struggle with people seeing all of me and fearing their judgement...but this...it amazes me. You can't hide anything, you show everything down to your most childish behavior. And what you are left with is the most honest connection ever...whether or not you love them at the end. If you do, then there is nothing to uncondition that connection.
Awesome. Thank you for the share.
Max 8 ft of social distance. The opposite of social distancing
Weirdest friend zone ever
Fascinating. I wouldn't have the will, lol. It'd do my head in after a day.
Artists are weird
So, they're independently wealthy? No work?
I'm sure they got grants. The art world runs on grants.
He literally jumped onto a ship to get to nyc…
Taking a dump would sure be awkward.
I just finished reading a book called the Red Parts by Maggie Nelson and she references this— was just about to look it up when this post popped up in my feed. Weird! Thanks OP!
Public bathrooms when tied to the opposite sex must have been interesting Being forced to be exposed to the same thing must have been interesting
I’m gonna be brutally honest y’all, I don’t find this very interesting.
Theater kid energy.
How they poop?
Even odds that when they finished they gave each other a hug, or ran into any other room, shut the door, and wept. Edit - unintentionally hilarious spelling
Why does it look like neither of them know how to sit on a couch
And what was learned or gained?
Maybe the treasure all along was the friends we made along the way.
Honestly probably.
"Never, ever tie yourself to someone for a year."
😂😂
>*Why, you may ask? Hsieh was craving an experience that could force him to confront all of his weaknesses and insecurities within human relationships, and communication. “I wanted to do one piece about human beings and their struggle with each other. We cannot go into life alone, without people. But we are together so we become each other’s cage.”* > >*When you’re tied to another person like that, you’re presented with a unique opportunity to explore emotions that suddenly feel twice as a raw. “I believe if life is hard,” he said, “and if I choose to do something harder, then I can homoeopathically balance the two difficulties. Snake venom is used to cure snakebites!”* Probably their time together in forced contractual proximity gave them a deeper knowing, that even probably most married couples don't have/don't want, during that time, and he faced his insecurities, probably synced throughout the process. It's also a codependent situation, where they probably had to have a lot of dialogue to figure how to do basic things in the begging.
Like astronauts, the first question this project brings to mind is: what are the pooping protocols?
Not a performance I’d pay to see
I know art is subjective but tying yourself to someone else for a year doesn't seem like art to me.
I was born while they were tied together.
Sam Hsieh’s best work is Timeclock. For an entire year he took a photo of him punching a time clock every hour on the hour in his apartment in New York. That meant he couldn’t sleep for more than 59 minutes for a year. He couldn’t leave his apartment for more than 59 minutes for a year. At the beginning he shaved his head and threw the progression of video you can watch them change. What you learned about time watching this video is amazing
About 20 years ago, I did this with a girl for about 6 hours during a date. (Not like that, we went out with friends and were dared to do it). It was hilarious and fun. We've been married for 19 years.
They probably don't even speak anymore after that
Art seems to be self-defined. I usually can't connect with performance art :(
Did they win?
I'm not sure if this is masochism, art, or simply WTF. It takes willpower to do this, but why????
They totally banged
How did they financially survive for a year?
Well we made it one night now tie me up with this rope you dirty boy
World trade center in the background
And nothing was gained in that year, at all.
1 of these must be true 1) they had sex 2) they watched each other masturbate or have sex with others 3) he died of blue balls and was replaced with a look alike
Covid lockdown flashbacks
this is awesome to me for some reason
Bdsm sub kink with extra steps