BOX #2

BOX #2 (28 lbs. 12 oz., in banana box with inverted box top, duct-taped, with small scrap heavy brown banana box paper)

YOU ARE GOING TO BE OK; 2002; 13” x 18” x 9”; one of my old yellowed pillows, sisal, upholstery thread, vintage pet carrier (hard paperboard with metal reinforcements, wire mesh door, plastic handle, ink); to be performed unannounced, to a captive audience…performer opens carrier, holds up bound pillow and tells it, “you are going to be ok”, then performs CPR on it until pre-specified time and/or audience is gone, then replaces pillow in pet carrier and latches door…performance size, time, and location varies.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE (FROM UNKNOWN IRAQI SOLDIERS I WOULD HAVE KILLED); TUE 12:01:55 p.m., NOV 2007; fits in a 9 ½” x 20” x 16” banana box inside pet carrier from YOU ARE GOING TO BE OK (excluded are a pair of metal legs from bunk that was damaged during performance of UNKNOWN IRAQI SOLDIERS I WOULD HAVE KILLED (UISIWHK)), all materials used to produce and document UISIWHK: a black binder with 255 documentary pages, 4 transparent MRE (meals-ready-to-eat) packages (which contain all packaging from 4 MRE’s, leftover announcement cards, 1 copy of the Qur’an (given to me on Day 3 of performance), comment cards, newspaper articles, plastic bags, powdered donut residue, rat droppings, cardboard comment box (the inverted banana box), original comic inspired by performance given to me by the artist. *The box dragged during the performance is not included in this piece…it is a separate piece entitled UNKNOWN IRAQI SOLDIERS I WOULD HAVE KILLED.