Wieder mal ist eine der vom Feminismus gehypten Vergewaltigungsfälle erheblichen Zweifeln ausgesetzt. Es handelt sich um den Fall einer Studentin an einer amerikanischen Uni, die mit einem guten Freund (ein deutscher Austauschstudent) einvernehmlichen Sex hatte, der dann aber nach ihrer Darstellung zu nicht einvernehmlichen Analsex führte. Einige Zeit später hatte sie ihn dann angezeigt, der Fall wurde aber bereits in dem „Universitätsverfahren“ eingestellt, was schon einiges heißt.
Sie macht daraus ein Kunstprojekt, in dem sie ihre Matratze mit sich herumtragen wollte, auf der sie vergewaltigt worden sein soll (unter dem Motto „Carry that weight“ (Trage das Gewicht)) bis der Student, der sie vergewaltigt haben soll, der Uni verwiesen wird.
Zu der Rezeption heißt es in der Wikipedia:
Roberta Smith, writing in The New York Times, described the piece as „strict and lean, yet inclusive and open ended, symbolically laden yet drastically physical.“Artnet called it „one of the most important artworks of the year,“ while Jerry Saltz named it the best art show of 2014, calling it „pure radical vulnerability“. Performance artist Marina Abramovic has said that she „really want[s] to meet“ Sulkowicz and that she was curious about what Sulkowicz’s next work would be. Sulkowicz has received the National Organization for Women’s Susan B. Anthony Award and the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Ms. Wonder Award for the piece.Hilary Clinton commented „that image should haunt all of us.”
In an interview with The New York Times, the student whom Sulkowicz accused of rape said that the mattress performance is not an act of artistic expression, but rather „an act of bullying, a very public, very personal and very painful attack designed to hound him out of Columbia.“ He says that protesters have followed him around, carrying mattresses to his classes, and posting photos and information about his everyday activities online. He has also noted that since Sulkowicz’s protest serves as her senior thesis, it is being supervised by a Columbia faculty member.
Jetzt hat der Student sich noch einmal zu Wort gemeldet und ein Interview gegeben:
Nungesser provided The Daily Beast with Facebook messages with Sulkowicz from August, September, and October 2012. (In an email to The Daily Beast, Sulkowicz confirmed that these records were authentic and not redacted in any way; while she initially offered to provide “annotations” explaining the context on the messages, she then emailed again to say that she would not be sending them.) On Aug. 29, two days after the alleged rape, Nungesser messaged Sulkowicz on Facebook to say, “Small shindig in our room tonight—bring cool freshmen.” Her response:
lol yusss
Also I feel like we need to have some real time where we can talk about life and thingz
because we still haven’t really had a paul-emma chill sesh since summmmerrrr
On Sept. 9, on a morning before an ADP meeting, it was Sulkowicz who initiated the Facebook contact, asking Nungesser if he wanted to “hang out a little bit” before or after the meeting and concluding with:
whatever I want to see yoyououoyou
respond—I’ll get the message on ma phone