TATE SHOTS Tehching Hsieh

The Tate commissioned us to create a series of three films focusing on inspiring artworks.

This is the story of Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh's extraordinary piece ‘One Year Performance 1980-1981,’

Hsieh moved from Taiwan to the United States as a stowaway in 1974, living as an illegal immigrant until he was granted amnesty in 1988. He punched a time clock every hour for 366 days from 11 April 1980 to 11 April 1981 to create the installation.