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FAIRNESS AND HIERARCHY
IN COLLABORATION WITH JUMIN BANG
The two words, "hierarchy and fairness", sound contradictory. In reality, in order for fairness to be achieved, there must be no hierarchy. However, there can be gap(s) within the hierarchy where fairness can exist. This is a story of that very gap. In this work, the gap is described by the action of “dismantling bowls which are piled up like pyramids”. These piles of bowls are stacked up with size becoming proportionally smaller, making a pyramid structure as a whole. For hierarchy to be maintained, the structure of the pyramid must be solid. For a stable pyramid form, the top bowl should be deep and narrow, and the bottom bowl should be shallow and wide. Let's break up these stacks of bowls. What do the bowls on each floor look like?
The two words, "hierarchy and fairness", sound contradictory. In reality, in order for fairness to be achieved, there must be no hierarchy. However, there can be gap(s) within the hierarchy where fairness can exist. This is a story of that very gap. In this work, the gap is described by the action of “dismantling bowls which are piled up like pyramids”. These piles of bowls are stacked up with size becoming proportionally smaller, making a pyramid structure as a whole. For hierarchy to be maintained, the structure of the pyramid must be solid. For a stable pyramid form, the top bowl should be deep and narrow, and the bottom bowl should be shallow and wide. Let's break up these stacks of bowls. What do the bowls on each floor look like?
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.
Let’s talk about the middle layer. The middle layer is the most important, central layer to maintain the hierarchical order. It is also the most frustrating layer because it should not be too good or too bad. To relieve such frustration, I concentrated on the depth of the bowls. I made a variety of medium-storied bowls with different depths, so it will be difficult to tell how deep it is from top view, like the picture above. The above pictures range from deep to shallow mid-layer bowls, whose insides are unknown. Why should the middle layer always be a proper middle? Can’t it be deeper or shallower? This is the last work that breaks up the order once again.
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.
Let’s talk about the middle layer. The middle layer is the most important, central layer to maintain the hierarchical order. It is also the most frustrating layer because it should not be too good or too bad. To relieve such frustration, I concentrated on the depth of the bowls. I made a variety of medium-storied bowls with different depths, so it will be difficult to tell how deep it is from top view, like the picture above. The above pictures range from deep to shallow mid-layer bowls, whose insides are unknown. Why should the middle layer always be a proper middle? Can’t it be deeper or shallower? This is the last work that breaks up the order once again.
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.
Let’s talk about the middle layer. The middle layer is the most important, central layer to maintain the hierarchical order. It is also the most frustrating layer because it should not be too good or too bad. To relieve such frustration, I concentrated on the depth of the bowls. I made a variety of medium-storied bowls with different depths, so it will be difficult to tell how deep it is from top view, like the picture above. The above pictures range from deep to shallow mid-layer bowls, whose insides are unknown. Why should the middle layer always be a proper middle? Can’t it be deeper or shallower? This is the last work that breaks up the order once again.
This is where fairness emerges. Each bowl has different widths and heights. Let’s juxtapose this disorganization of bowls again with social hierarchy. A person of shallow depth has a large surface area while a person of deep depth has a narrow surface area. A person of medium depth has medium surface area. When standing side by side, there exists no superiority or inferiority among them, and each person has their own unique set of characteristics. Going back to dismantling the bowls, the content of each bowl is also different when placed side-by-side. When the bowls are stacked like pyramids, only the top bowl can serve, and the rest of the bowls must support the top bowl. However, when each of them is dismantled, it can contain things that suit its own shape.