Eleanor Arnason's blog

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's signing Sunday of a $1 billion bonding bill came at a price -- he cut $319 million in state construction projects from the bill to show his "commitment to fiscal discipline and an attempt to prioritize important state projects."MORE »

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In Tehching Hsieh's One Year Performance (1978-9), the Taiwanese artist secluded himself in a cell for a year. He did not converse, watch TV, read, or even write. He just sat there. It was one of the most extreme pieces of performance art ever attempted, an almost unimaginable feat of endurance—and yet, it was finite. Even if it had persisted to the artist's death, it would have ended with him. In art as in sports, one's limitations are never more obvious than when they are pushed.MORE »