Angélica Dass: The beauty of human skin in every color
Angélica Dass: Krása lidské pokožky v každé barvě
By cataloging every conceivable human skin tone, Angélica Dass illustrates that skin color and race are more complex than they might appear at first glance. Full bio
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co poslední země na světě
in the world abolished slavery
co Martin Luther King
his "I Have A Dream" speech.
not only gives a first impression,
zanechává první dojem,
který zůstává.
po které získal
an intense dark chocolate tone.
who I know as my grandparents.
a vanilla and strawberry yogurt tone,
daughter of a native Brazilian,
a mix of coffee with milk,
brzy vypadaly jinak.
things were different soon.
drawing lessons in school
které jsem cítila.
the unique flesh-colored pencil.
and people said I was black.
with a mess of colors in my head.
doprovázela bratrance,
že jsem chůva.
kamarádce v kuchyni
at a friend's party,
že jsem služebná.
že se ke mně muži chovali
on the beach with European friends.
sama s přáteli z Evropy.
navštívit babičku
in upper class buildings,
the main elevator.
abych nejela hlavním výtahem.
keeps revolving and struggling.
of a lobster when sunburnt.
started to chase me.
this is my last concern.
my personal exercise as a photographer.
dobrodružství fotografie.
to highlight our true colors,
associated with race.
zpochybňující naše zkratky.
from a personal story to a global history.
in a white background.
square from the nose,
in the industrial palette, Pantone.
v katalogu barev Pantone.
joined the adventure,
připojili další a další lidé,
coming through the social media.
kde budu svou práci sdílet,
to show my work was the Internet
that invites everybody
mohl vidět úplně každý.
na tlačítko "sdílet".
in both the computer and their brain.
ve veřejných prostorách
a pocit sounáležitosti.
the Mediterranean by boat.
přes Středozemí moře.
Headquarters to a shelter.
and favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
i ze slumů Rio de Janeira.
genderové identity,
how we see each other.
is questioning the race concept,
zpochybňuje koncept rasy,
být bílí, černí, žlutí nebo červení?
to be black, white, yellow, red?
the mouth, the hair?
nebo peníze v bance?
se ukázalo být objevem.
turned out to be a discovery.
was useful for many people.
themselves reflected in any label.
pod žádnou kategorií.
úžasnou zpětnou vazbu.
their thoughts about the work with me.
bych vám chtěla říct.
to work on her confidence,
that she does not belong
bydlet v Norsku.
to live in Norway.
a moc pro mne znamená."
a very special place in my heart
on Facebook and wrote,
svůj portrét na Facebooku
had difficulties to place me in a group,
bychom se jich měli zeptat,
jsem Holanďanka z Dominiky,
a dojemných reakcí
and touching reactions,
in a different variety of fields.
začali portréty používat
for their sketches and their studies.
v oblasti antropologie,
scientific approaches
lidských etnik,
impacts of the project
výsledků mého projektu,
to be the cover of Foreign Affairs,
political publications.
politické periodikum.
ambassadors for my project ...
as a tool for educational purposes.
to go back to drawing classes,
abych se vracela
tentokrát jako učitelka.
a snaží se najít svou barvu.
their own unique color.
for others to communicate.
in front of a therapist.
strachu a samoty,
která zakázala otroctví,
who abolished slavery
to abolish discrimination.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Angélica Dass - Artist and photographerBy cataloging every conceivable human skin tone, Angélica Dass illustrates that skin color and race are more complex than they might appear at first glance.
Why you should listen
As a member of a multiracial family, Brazilian artist Angélica Dass is acutely aware of how small differences in skin tone can swell into large misconceptions and stereotypes about race.
In her ongoing project Humanæ, Dass pairs thousands of portraits of people from diverse parts of the world with their Pantone codes, revealing that our racially charged skin color labels -- red, white, brown -- as not only inaccurate but also absurd. Instead, she shows us that "these colors make us see each other as different, even though we are equal."
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