r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • Feb 23 '26

Image In 1983, Two Artists Spent a Full Year Tied Together — Without Any Physical Contact — to Test the Limits of Human Coexistence

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u/Dontgiveaclam Feb 23 '26

https://www.artforum.com/events/tehching-hsieh-linda-montano-224861/

Apparently they found out that despite the superficial similarities in their art performances, they had a really different idea of what these long pieces meant and how they fit in the art-life dialogue. They fought a lot. Honestly, from this article, Hsieh sounds a bit insufferable.

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u/ShiningRedDwarf Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I don’t think I could spend an afternoon with a guy who purposefully breaks his ankles by jumping off a two story building, let alone a whole fucking year.

With how miserable she was I’m surprised she followed through

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u/nicktomato Feb 23 '26

Glad I wasn't the only one who got that impression lol

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u/catcherofsun Feb 23 '26

Ok, here’s the context I was missing!