(Performance intervention and photograph)

Carrying my Heavy Bag
Diane Borsato
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.

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, Mountain Standard Time: Festival of Performative Art, Sleeping with Cake,  Fall 2005, Calgary.

MOIS DE LA PHOTO, How To Eat Light, Solo Exhibition curated by Martha Langfordat Occurrence, Fall 2005, Montreal.

CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener  (Solo Exhibition) as part of Peace of Mind: Kitchener, Ontario.

Gallery TPW  (Solo Exhibition) WARM THINGS TO CHEW FOR THE DEAD, during Contact 2004: Toronto.