We celebrate diversity, and differences are sources of richness in our relationships. At the same time they are the roots of division and power, invisibly shaping the micropolitics of our every interaction.

I’m taller than most of the people I know adjusts the height of the floor so that two or three individuals stand at the same height, gazing eye to eye. It’s a subtle but profound and intimate shift, much like sitting together at a table.

Height in this case serves as a metaphor for all of our personal differences, hoping to foreground their ever-present and overlooked impact by momentarily, and synthetically, removing them.

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Exhibits:
Exit Strategies, May 2008
June 2007 @ UCLA