I Know is an endurance performance by Kurtis Lesick that considers the burden of knowing, an implication of the archive that holds knowledge that we can never unknow. A bolder is encountered on a pathway, hoisted up, and balanced upon the shoulders. The weight of the stone is managed and controlled; the gate of the carrier is strong and confident. Throughout the duration of the piece the impact of the stone changes, weighing heavier, agitating upon the shoulders, destabilising the balance and determinacy of the bearer being redefined by the experience. Expertly videoed in a single durational shot by Dasha Ilina, I Know captures an eleven-minute transformation over half a kilometer of rural terrain outside Sellasia, Greece.
