Save the Date was a performance piece by Kathryn Cornelius that was performed over the course of 7 hours. It took place at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC on Saturday August 11th. According to BMore Art, she "explores the life cycle of marriage and divorce and the wedding ceremony's complex mix of private emotion, public spectacle, social expectation, and state power." Over the course of the 7 hours, she exchanged vows with 7 different suitors with a ceremony, then a champagne toast, cupcakes, a first dance, and then the signing of divorce papers.
The ceremonies started on the hour, every hour from 10 am to 5 pm. Six of the suitors were chosen by Cornelius, which included artists and writers and the seventh suitor was picked by a vote on Facebook. The suitors were both male and female and challenged people's viewpoints on marriage and divorce. The ceremonies and divorces were overseen and performed by a legal wedding officiant and a divorce attorney. I really wish I was able to witness at least one of these performances and known about it earlier!
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