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After breaking the news about her first post-grad, post-mattress artwork, a video that shows two people—one of whom is Sulkowicz—engaged in sexual activity, some of which alludes to rape (see Emma Sulkowicz Dives Into Art After Mattress Performance with Rape-Referencing Video), artnet News caught up with Emma Sulkowicz to discuss the video. The recent Columbia graduate, who…
Emma Sulkowicz, the recent Columbia graduate who has taken the Internet by storm thanks to her year-long performance art project Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight, released a video, which shows two people, one of whom appears to be Sulkowicz, engaged in sexual activity, some of which alludes to rape and can be difficult to watch at…
When she decided to write the story of her sexual assault, the woman who goes by “Josie” said she “went into it with the expectation that someone would find out who I was.” The piece, published by Jezebel on May 21, explained the role she played in the Columbia University allegations against student Paul Nungesser…
At this point, I should be used to seeing backlash against Emma Sulkowicz, but I still wasn’t fully prepared for what came this week: endless tittering of people around me in real life and in my social feeds saying they “weren’t sure” about Emma’s choice to carry her mattress to Columbia’s graduation; the insistence that…
When she crossed the stage, Lee Bollinger turned away. Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images Since coming forward with her story last year, Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz has become an outspoken figure in the fight against campus sexual assault. Her Carry That Weight mattress project has served as the centerpiece of countless news stories about universities’…
As Columbia University prepares to hold its commencement Wednesday, one student is ending her protest of the university’s handling of her sexual assault complaint. Emma Sulkowicz has carried a mattress around campus all year, emerging as a key figure in the national debate over how schools address sexual assault. At a ceremony for seniors Tuesday, Sulkowicz…
Early this morning, an anonymous person or persons put up posters around Columbia University—in the 116th Street subway station, outside of Tom’s Restaurant, on stoplights and construction walls—emblazoned with the image of student Emma Sulkowicz and her now-iconic mattress. Since September 2014, Sulkowicz has been dragging the mattress around campus as a protest against the…
During their first year on campus, an estimated 18.6 percent of freshman women were the victims of rape or attempted rape, according to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. “Sexual violence on campus has reached epidemic levels,” the authors write. “Interventions to reduce sexual violence on campus are urgently needed.” Prior studies have…
Emma Sulkowicz, the visual arts senior who accused another student of raping her in 2014, carried her mattress to her Columbia University graduation ceremony Tuesday, even though “large objects” were banned at the venue. Walking mattress down ramps in Lerner for #ccclassday — teoarmus (@Teo Armus) On Monday, campus administration sent an email to students…
Updated: May 19 at 11:40 a.m. Though a new policy said graduates would be barred from bringing ‘large objects’ to Class Day ceremonies, Spectator news deputy Teo Armus has confirmed that Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, was allowed into the Columbia College Class Day tents with her mattress. Sulkowicz’s senior thesis, “Carry That Weight,” is a performance art…