Comments on: Who is the artist?

Question: Who is the artist?

wsg — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:47:48 -0800

I remember back in the 70s seeing a story on TV about an artist who filmed himself punching a timeclock every hour 24/7 for a whole year. At the end of the year he had a short time-lapse film of himself punching a clock 365 times. He had shaved his head at the beginning of the year, so you could see his hair growing over the duration of the film. He described how he had to structure his life in order to be able to do the filming every hour and how his mind began to short circuit from not getting enough REM sleep from sleeping in only hour-long stretches at a time. I'd like to see that film again. Does anybody else remember this story and/or who this guy is?

By: jstew

jstew — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:06:26 -0800

is it called time piece?
it's by Tehching Hsieh.

By: wsg

wsg — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:22:46 -0800

Well, that was quick. Thanks!

By: wsg

wsg — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:27:51 -0800

365? What was I thinking? 24 x 365.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:32:35 -0800

Clip from the film, thanks to jstew's links.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:52:22 -0800

Make sure you mark as answered, wsg... ;)