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Performance intervention and photograph
New York, 2002

Description

I was living alone in New York and anguished about carrying the weight of my life all by myself, all the time. I discovered that if you happen to get out of a taxi in front of a luxury hotel, porters will offer to carry your heavy bags.

I deliberately presented myself in front of the most expensive hotels to have my burdensome knapsack carried for me in, and then promptly carried for me out again. I repeated the intervention in several locations.

The work was enacted at The Park Plaza hotel, The Waldorf Astoria, and various other locations in New York City in 2002.

Exhibition History

• Vu, How To Draw Winter, Solo Exhibition, with catalogue essay by Amish Morrell, Winter 2006, Quebec City
• Artcite, The Moon in my Mouth, Solo Exhibiton and Visiting Artist Talk at University of Windsor, Spring 2006, Windsor, Ontario
• Truck Contemporary Art in Calgary, Sleeping with Cake, in ‘Mountain Standard Time: Festival of Performative Art’, Fall 2005, Calgary
• Mois de la Photo, How to Eat light, Solo Exhibition curated by Martha Langford at ‘Occurrence’, Fall 2005, Montreal
• CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener, Solo Exhibition as part of ‘Peace of Mind’, 2005, Kitchener, Ontario
• Gallery TPW, Warm Things To Chew For The Dead, (Solo Exhibition), during Contact 2004: Toronto