As it unfolds before viewers, “Falling Reversely” confronts its audience with questions of autonomy and power. In conceptualizing this work, Chong visualized how marginalized communities might reclaim their bodies for themselves. In both public and private spaces, attacks against perceived “others” often take place when the aggressors believe they have an inherent right to impose power on a “lesser” group or individual. Cognizant of how marginalized individuals must move through everyday spaces in fear, Chong imagined an alternate future: where those who are marginalized integrate linked movements in their falling, reversing moments of attack and transforming them into new avenues of protest.
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