Time Clock Piece (One Year Performance 1980–1981)

For one year, Tehching Hsieh punched a worker’s time clock located in his studio, on the hour, every hour. Marking the occasion by taking a self-portrait on a single frame of 16mm film, the resulting reel documents a year in his life at approximately one second per day – a pace that is polar opposite of the enduring length of the original performance. The punch cards, witnessed by a third party for authenticity, and other ephemera, document Hsieh’s life restructured around this highly repetitive task.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

6 min

Cast:

Hsieh Tehching

Quality:

HD

Director:

Hsieh Tehching

Release:

1981

Country:

United States

Rating:

10.0