One Year Performance 1978–1979 (Cage Piece)

For one year, from 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh lived inside a wooden cage built in his studio: no talking, reading, writing, radio or television. A friend brought food and took away the waste.

Tehching Hsieh, One Year Performance 1978–1979 (Cage 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

• Dia Beacon · July 2026