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Mattress Performance

carry that weight June 5, 2015

Emma Sulkowicz Made a Film Addressing RapeHer latest project is a graphic eight-minute film set in a college dorm room.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
carry that weight May 19, 2015

Columbia Student Carried Her Mattress to GraduationDespite earlier reports that students would not be allowed to bring “large objects” to the ceremony.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
carry that weight Oct. 30, 2014

Scenes From Yesterday’s ‘Carry That Weight’ ProtestsMattress-carrying rape protesters turned out on campuses across the country.

By the Cut

Sept. 4, 2014

Columbia Student Speaks on Mattress Performance“I just never really anticipated how big this would be,” says the woman protesting her alleged rapist with performance art.

By Katie Van Syckle