article_snippet.sent: The harassment continued, the lawsuit claims, when Columbia visual arts professor Jon Kessler let Sulkowicz "transform Columbia visual arts professor Jon Kessler personal vendetta" into a "Columbia-sponsored calumny" by supporting "Carry That Weight" for Columbia visual arts professor Jon Kessler senior thesis, allowing Columbia visual arts professor Jon Kessler to earn school credit through "this outrageous display of harassment and defamation.
article_snippet.sent: And when one of my students feels that Columbia visual arts professor Jon Kessler has been a victim of mistreatment, I am affected by that.
article_snippet.sent: This is all very painful.
article_snippet.sent: Sulkowicz also balked at the idea that Nungesser would sue the school or Sulkowicz professor "for allowing me to make an art piece.
article_snippet.sent: It's ridiculous that he would read it as a 'bullying strategy,' especially given he continued public attempts to smear my reputation, when really it's just an artistic expression of the personal trauma I've experienced at Columbia," Sulkowicz wrote in an email.
article_snippet.sent: If artists are not allowed to make art that reflects on our experiences, then how are our to heal?
article_snippet.sent: The project essentially consists of Sulkowicz carrying a twin-size mattress wherever Sulkowicz goes on campus, but not off campus.
article_snippet.sent: Sulkowicz's allowed to accept help carrying the object but does not allow Sulkowicz to ask for help.​ .