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Artist Hosts Oakland Party With Custom 18-Inch Platform Shoes

5/4/2026

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Artist Lucian Novosel hosted an Oakland party where guests wore custom platform shoes to equalize height.
Each shoe cost about $25 to make from 1-inch foam, reaching 18 inches and raising a 4-feet-11-inches guest to the tallest height of 6-feet-5 inches.
Novosel provided 8-foot taped poles as walking sticks, marked trip hazards, and after a squatting game observed guests feeling taller and comfortable, later donating some shoes to a Berkeley teacher.

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Story summary

Artist Lucian Novosel hosted an Oakland party where guests wore custom platform shoes to equalize height.
Each shoe cost about $25 to make from 1-inch foam, reaching 18 inches and raising a 4-feet-11-inches guest to the tallest height of 6-feet-5 inches.
Novosel provided 8-foot taped poles as walking sticks, marked trip hazards, and after a squatting game observed guests feeling taller and comfortable, later donating some shoes to a Berkeley teacher.