Requiring two participants, one is locked inside a padded canvas suit; restrained cross-legged and unable to move, the subject is also hooded and unable to see. The suit is locked and secured by means of a 1/4'” steel cable, passing trough a number of loops, making it impossible to free the first participant without cutting the cable. The cable is finally secured around the waist of the second participant who may move about only to the extent that he or she is tethered by the cable.

For this performance, the duration of the first participant depended on the duration that it would take to be towed on a small cart from the Eastern end of the National Mall to the side entrance of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, a distance of about 2 miles, arriving to coincide with the exhibition housing the piece. The restrained participant would be released and the two would switch roles inside the gallery, remaining locked together for the duration of the reception

Everything went according to plan, despite the biting cold, until we rounded the final corner and were challenged and detained by the uniformed Secret Service, who objected to the activity so close to the White House.
  • Tether on the National Mall
    Tether on the National Mall
  • Tether
    Tether
    On the National Mall
  • Tether on the National Mall
    Tether on the National Mall
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    tether
    Encounter with Secret Service
  • Tether
    Tether
    Encounter with Secret Service
  • Tether
    Tether
    Identifying Jess
  • Tether
    Tether
    Carrying Jess up the stairs of the Corcoran
  • Tether
    Tether
    After changing positions in the gallery
  • Tether Drawing
    Tether Drawing
  • Tether Drawing
    Tether Drawing