Carpet Bagged Escape

Aug 22, 1976
Field:

Performance, Media Artwork

 Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

Carpet Bagged Escape is a single-channel video performance by Charles Rea, Kenneth Fletcher, and Paul Wong. Produced in the Grand Luxe Hall, Fletcher and Rea roll and tie Wong in a carpet before he completes an escape. 

Video documentation is available upon request.

Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.

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