Pranks Make Life Interesting

Whether they are media pranks or performance art pieces with a sense of humor, pranks have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I'm not talking about the type of prank that reinforces unequal power relations or is mean-spirited (like a frat hazing ritual). I'm more interested in something that provokes thought, or is at least funny and weird. Once I got to college, my pranks only got bigger, and when I no longer was an undergraduate, they didn't stop.

I have collected a few highlights of my favorite pranks. (To give you a taste, beneath is a photo of me wearing a pig's nose and antlers marrying 100 people to bananas in a mass wedding ceremony.)