The Hierarchy Chair expresses the relevance of human hierarchies (a system in which people are ranked according to their importance). Often the size, height and elegance of a chair reflects an individual’s hierarchical importance, such as a king’s throne. The chair conveys implied power, authority, and status.
Hierarchies enabled humans to rise above the basic needs, such as food and shelter by providing structure, stability, and order.
The humanistic legs of the Hierarchy Chair expose the human underbelly that allow domination and abuse of power.
Formation
The hierarchy chair is basically formed from a combination of curved and flat sheet metal sections. These sections are welded together forming either sharp angled finishes or dabs of weld to give a leather “buttons” style of finish. This mixture of curves, flats, sharp or buttons is to show how hierarchies are mostly a hybrid of the benefits and corruption they embrace.
Genitalia
Chair is masculine in German (der Stuhl), while being feminine in Spanish. The hierarchy chair has both masculine and feminine genitalia representation as hierarchies are not limited to one. The “pecking order” power, authority and status, can be observed in chooks where the “boss” is the hen on the highest perch, hence The “pecking order”. Other examples could include the Queen bee in a bee hive, or a stallion with a heard of horses. History shows males have dominated the upper ranks of human hierarchies from the testosterone driven battles of strength to the ruthless manoeuvres in boardrooms and politics. Domestic violence is a major problem of male driven hierarchies.
Height
The size, height and elegance of the chair, or throne as some would call them, reflects the power, authority and status of a single entity. Examples of this can be seen in the thrones of gods, presidents, dictators, chiefs, and bosses. The hierarchy chair is deliberately oversized in order to emphasise this.
Posture
Constructing the hierarchy chair in a forward leaning posture is intended to use the power, authority and status to intimidate, impose and control those it looks down upon.
Symmetry
In nature what seemingly appears symmetrical is asymmetrical when examined closely. This is true for us humans as well. For example there are differences, some more subtle, between our eyes, ears, arms, breasts, legs, testicles, feet and so on. The hierarchy chair picks up on this with minor difference each side and its slightly leaning to one side.
Creating
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