“We will stay together for one year and never be alone. We will be in the same room at the same time, when we are inside. We will be tied together at the waist with an 8 foot rope. We will never touch each other during the year.” Artist Tehching Hsieh performed this piece with Linda Montano for the work Art/Life One Year Performance 1983-1984.
Other one-year performances included him living outside for a year, living in solitary confinement, and – one of my favorites – living without making, referring to, or talking about art. All for durations of one year. All with statements announcing his intentions.
See John Perrault’s Artopia post for more.
