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Undefaulting

Honorable Mention

Name of Winners:

Anson Tsun Hei Ho

Instructor:

Roberto Vilchis Echeverri

Name of School:

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Location of School:

Hong Kong

Despite the growing awareness and acknowledgment of the LGBT community, the + community remains unknown to the general public. Beyond the systemic issues, the root cause lies in what has always been there: the ideology that there are only two genders, and that heterosexuality is the normal and default orientation. These are ideas we have been taught to follow since the day we were born but have you ever thought about whether they ever truly made sense to you? Have you ever wondered what if normality and the default standard never existed at all?

Time to go through the undefaulting process, the portal to the + universe, where the binary dissolves, and where our authenticity is no longer trapped by the human-made default standards. The process guided us to deconstruct, unlearn and redefine what we have learned to live by, allowing us to exist in a form which represents who we truly are, and to explore what’s in between.