Monday, March 22, 2010

there probably wasn't any dancing

"Berlin-based artist Hans Hemmert (famous for his work with balloons) threw a party where guests wore shoe-extenders to make them all the same height of 2 meters. Aside from bringing the partygoers all to a common eye level (and eliminating the awkward postures of party talk between the tall and the short), the gathering is lent an infographic nature by the shoes: all made from blue foam, the person's real height is read in the visual uniformity of the sole instead of at the head—like a walking bar graph."-Core 77

 This is interesting, I wonder what the attendees felt about the experience. Would the shorter guest prefer it and the taller guests feel uncomfortable about being less intimidating?

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