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| '''''Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)''''' is an ongoing ] piece created by ] student ] in August 2014, which consists of her carrying a replica of her mattress around campus for as long as she attends Columbia, the same school as her alleged ], in other words through spring 2015. The performance received nationwide attention. | |||
| She has said that the rationale behind the performance is that she was raped in her own bed, which since then has become a "fraught space" for her.<ref name=WP>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/29/its-hard-to-ignore-a-woman-toting-a-mattress-everywhere-she-goes-which-is-why-emma-sulkowicz-is-still-doing-it/|last=McDonald|first=Soraya Nadia|date=29 October 2014|title="It’s hard to ignore a woman toting a mattress everywhere she goes, which is why Emma Sulkowicz is still doing it"|publisher=''Washington Post''|accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| On October 29, 2014 Columbia students carried roughly a dozen mattresses in ] of their school's sexual assault policies at its ] campus.<ref> Schonfeld, Zach (30 October 2014). "Photos: Hundreds of Columbia Students Carry Mattresses in Sexual Assault Protest". ''Newsweek.''</ref> A month later, a group inspired by Sulkowicz, called "Carry That Weight", organized similar protests elsewhere around the world, calling for a "National Day of Action to Carry That Weight", which involved students from more than 130 colleges.<ref> Svokos, Alexandra (29 October 2014). "Students Bring Out Mattresses In Huge 'Carry That Weight' Protest Against Sexual Assault". ''Huffington Post.''</ref> | |||
| ], writing in '']'', described the piece as "strict and lean, yet inclusive and open ended, symbolically laden yet drastically physical". ] called it "one of the most important artworks of the year", and ] named it the best art show of 2014, calling it "pure radical vulnerability".<ref>Smith, Roberta (22 September 2014). "In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest". ''New York Times.''</ref> Performance artist ] has said that she "really want to meet" Sulkowicz and that she was curious about what Sulkowicz's next work would be.<ref name=WP/> Sulkowicz has received the ]'s Susan B. Anthony Award and the ]'s Ms. Wonder Award for the piece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nownyc.org/susan-b-anthony-awards/|title=Susan B. Anthony Awards|publisher=NOW}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2014/11/19/ms-wonder-awards-honor-young-grassroots-leaders-in-anti-violence-fair-wage-movements/|title=Ms. Wonder Awards Honor Young Grassroots Leaders in Anti-Violence and Fair Wage Movements|publisher=Feminist Majority Foundation|date=Nov 19, 2014}}</ref> ] commented "that image should haunt all of us.”<ref> Grigoriadis, Vanessa (21 September 2014). "Meet the College Women Who Are Starting a Revolution Against Campus Sexual Assault". ''New York Magazine.''</ref> | |||
| In an interview with ''The New York Times,'' the student whom Sulkowicz accused of rape said that the mattress performance is not an act of artistic expression, but rather "an act of bullying, a very public, very personal and very painful attack designed to hound him out of Columbia". He says that protesters have followed him around, carrying mattresses to his classes, and posting photos and information about his everyday activities online, and that he has lost friends. He has also noted that since Sulkowicz's protest serves as her senior thesis, it is being supervised by a Columbia faculty member and thus implies tacit administrative support.<ref>Kaminer, Ariel (22 December 2014). "Accusers and the Accused, Crossing Paths at Columbia University". ''New York Times.''</ref> Sulkowicz has stipulated that "she will continue the piece until the man she accuses of attacking her is no longer on campus".<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/design/in-a-mattress-a-fulcrum-of-art-and-political-protest.html?_r=1</ref> | |||
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