Art/Life One Year Performance 1983–1984 (Rope Piece), Tehching Hsieh

For one year, from 4 July 1983, Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano were tied to each other by an eight-foot rope at the waist, always in the same room, never touching. Their talk was taped.

Tehching Hsieh with Linda Montano, Art/Life One Year Performance 1983–1984 (Rope Piece). Seen in Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999 at Dia Beacon.

Grows from

My own looking, not Namjoon’s pointing. Part of Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999.

First seen