Onion Joy was a performance that took place in the Fall of 1999 in Saskatoon.
I collected my body weight in yellow cooking onions, through invitation for donations, and arranged the onions
around a chopping block in the gallery. I aimed to chop onions uninterrupted for one hour each day for five days.
Onion Joy presented a personal defense against the idea that one must protect oneself from attack
by suppressing vulnerability, while resisting the notion of emotional detachment.
The performance permitted me the chance to cry in public, while removing the source of my tears from any question of emotionalal state
or stability.
copyright 1998-2007 Risa S. Horowitz
