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One Year Performance 1978–1979, also known as the Cage Piece, was a challengin
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Date: November 19th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (One Year Performance 1978-1979 (Cage Piece) (Awfully coy u are)) One Year Performance 1978–1979, also known as the Cage Piece, was a challenging durational performance art work by Taiwanese-American artist Tehching Hsieh. For 365 days, Hsieh confined himself to a self-built wooden cage in his New York studio, exploring themes of time, isolation, and human endurance. The performance took place from September 30, 1978, to September 30, 1979. The rules Hsieh imposed upon himself were extremely strict: He lived inside an 11.5-by-9-by-8-foot (3.5 by 2.7 by 2.4 m) cage, furnished only with a single bed, a wash basin, lights, and a pail. He was in solitary confinement, strictly forbidden from reading, writing, speaking, listening to the radio, or watching television. His friend, Cheng Wei Kuong, delivered food, removed waste, and took a single daily photograph of Hsieh, which served as the primary documentation of the performance. The studio was opened to the public once or twice a month, but visitors were not allowed to speak with Hsieh, and he remained unresponsive. A lawyer, Robert Projansky, notarized the entire process to attest that Hsieh never left the cage for the full duration. By shaving his head at the beginning of the performance, Hsieh allowed his growing hair in the daily portraits to naturally visualize the passage of time. This radical work reduced art to the core act of existence, stripping away objects and traditional aesthetics, and transforming life into art. It is considered one of Hsieh's five major "One Year Performances" that challenged the physical and conceptual limits of performance art. |