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1 online resource (1 video file (64 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
At the age of twenty-four, Taiwanese artist Tehching Hsieh moved to New York, where he has created and documented time-specific, conceptual art performances since the 1970s. In this interview, Hsieh discusses his formative years and philosophical moorings. This dialogue includes description of the artist's early period of painting, his military service in Taiwan, and the cultural atmosphere of a country then undergoing massive political change. Much of the discussion focuses specifically on Hsieh's understanding of the relationship of art and life, his investment in "free thinking," and the politics of documentation. For Hsieh, the ability to think freely is art's bottom line -- he believes the essence of his work lies in human communication |
| Analysis |
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
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Performance Art |
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Visual Art |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012 |
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Interview conducted by Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas in April 2012, edited in 2014 |
| Credits |
Camera, Mary Scherer ; editor, Charles Rice |
| Performer |
Interviewers, Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas |
| Notes |
In English with English subtitles |
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Online resource; title from title frames |
| Subject |
Hsieh, Tehching, 1950- -- Interviews
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| SUBJECT |
Hsieh, Tehching, 1950- fast |
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Performance artists -- Interviews
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Streaming video.
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Internet videos.
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streaming video.
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Performance artists
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interviews.
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Biographical films
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Internet videos
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Interviews
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Nonfiction films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Interviews.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Interviews.
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Films biographiques.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Hsieh, Tehching, 1950- interviewee.
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Jacob, Mary Jane, interviewer.
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Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948- interviewer.
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Scherer, Mary, photographer.
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Rice, Charles, editor.
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Art Institute of Chicago. Video Data Bank, presenter.
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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
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