Heavyweight is an online tool designed to help individuals create intimidating legal documents without claiming to represent actual lawyers. It was developed by multimedia artist Morry Kolman and lawyer Kendra Albert to challenge the power dynamics associated with legal representation. The project emphasizes that the perceived authority of legal correspondence often stems from its visual presentation rather than legal validity. Heavyweight aims to democratize access to legal aesthetics, showing that even the appearance of legal action can have an impact without extensive legal knowledge or resources.
"If you’ve ever received a legal notice like a Cease and Desist, you know that the 'oh shit' moment doesn’t happen once you actually read the letter; it happens the second you open it and realize a lawyer is mad at you."
"We wanted to make Heavyweight to show a lot of the power of the law, and this perceived importance and seriousness does not actually come from the letter of the law necessarily. It comes from how those letters are presented visually."
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