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Tehching Hsieh – One Year Performance 1978–1979

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On 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh began the first in a series of extraordinary One Year Performances that would make him a regular name in the New York art scene. He sealed himself in a purpose-built cage in his studio and remained there in solitary confinement without any communication for 365 days. His friend, Cheng Wei Kuong, helped facilitate the work by taking care of his food, clothing and refuse, and by taking the daily portraits that make up this book. This work, nicknamed ‘Cage Piece’, was unprecedented in its use of physical difficulty over extreme durations. As well as being in s

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