Agustin Lara

May 7, 2015

Art 381

Gallery Critique

Tehching Hsieh

            The man that used up a year punching a time sheet every hour of everyday for one whole year is finally here.  I wasn’t able to attend the lecture however I did get to attend the gallery opening and wow I have never seen so many photos in one room all my life, and to be honest they almost seemed overwhelming.  Hearing about this piece is one thing actually seeing the pictures of every single hour that he punched in is crazy.  As you go through the pictures you even get to see him grow hair, how crazy is that? I respect this piece because it requires an immense amount of dedication in order to punch in on time every single time and never miss one single punch in. in order to complete his task he had to deprive himself of sleep in order to stay consistent, in order to do that he set up multiple alarm clocks with amplifiers to wake him up.  once you made your way through the crowd you eventually came up to a projector and the punch machine itself and what a sight to see, the actual machine Hsieh used himself.  The projector had all the images playing in a time lapse which had a bit more of an impact than the pictures because it creates movement and brings a little more life to the piece.  This was probably the most famous artist gallery that I’ve attended to this day but it definitely will not be my last I enjoyed the photos, time lapse video, and setup of this gallery.