Angélica Dass: The beauty of human skin in every color
Angélica Dass: Ljepota ljudske kože u svim bojama
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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in the world abolished slavery
na svijetu ukinula ropstvo
his "I Have A Dream" speech.
svoj "Ja imam san" govor.
not only gives a first impression,
ne stvara samo prvi dojam,
an intense dark chocolate tone.
nijansu tamne čokolade.
who I know as my grandparents.
znam kao baku i djeda.
i kosu poput vune.
a vanilla and strawberry yogurt tone,
jogurta od vanilije i jagode,
daughter of a native Brazilian,
kći je domorotkinje iz Brazila,
a mix of coffee with milk,
kave i mlijeka,
prženog kikirikija,
things were different soon.
stvari su bile drukčije.
drawing lessons in school
iz crtanja u školi
the unique flesh-colored pencil.
bojicu boje kože.
and people said I was black.
a ljudi su govorili da sam crna.
with a mess of colors in my head.
kaos boja u glavi.
at a friend's party,
na rođendanu prijateljice,
on the beach with European friends.
s prijateljima iz Europe.
in upper class buildings,
u zgradama više klase,
the main elevator.
ne koristim glavnim dizalom.
i prihvatila jedan dio toga.
keeps revolving and struggling.
okretati i boriti.
udala sam se za Španjolca.
of a lobster when sunburnt.
poput jastoga izgorjelog na suncu.
started to chase me.
this is my last concern.
to mi je posljednja briga.
my personal exercise as a photographer.
pretvorim u fotografiju.
to highlight our true colors,
isticanju naših istinskih boja,
associated with race.
koje se povezuju s rasama.
naših kodova.
from a personal story to a global history.
od osobne priče do globalne povijesti.
in a white background.
na bijeloj pozadini.
square from the nose,
od 11 piksela oko nosa,
in the industrial palette, Pantone.
u industrijskoj paleti, Pantone.
joined the adventure,
u ovu avanturu,
coming through the social media.
s društvenih mreža.
to show my work was the Internet
za pokazivanje mog rada internet
that invites everybody
potakne sve ljude
in both the computer and their brain.
na računalu i u svom mozgu.
the Mediterranean by boat.
Sredozemno more na brodu.
Headquarters to a shelter.
pa sve do skloništa.
and favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
i u favelama u Rio de Janeiru.
kronično oboljelih.
how we see each other.
promislimo kako vidimo jedni druge.
is questioning the race concept,
propitkuje koncept rase,
to be black, white, yellow, red?
crni, bijeli, žuti ili crni?
the mouth, the hair?
usta ili kosu?
turned out to be a discovery.
pretvorila se u otkriće.
was useful for many people.
koristan velikom broju ljudi.
themselves reflected in any label.
ni u jednoj etiketi.
their thoughts about the work with me.
o mom radu sa mnom.
napisala mi je:
to work on her confidence,
poradim na njenom pouzdanju,
that she does not belong
raspravljala sa njom kako ne pripada
to live in Norway.
boravak u Norveškoj.
a very special place in my heart
mom srcu
on Facebook and wrote,
Facebook-u i napisala,
had difficulties to place me in a group,
teško svrstati me u grupu,
pojedinku,
Nizozemka,
and touching reactions,
dirljivih reakcija,
in a different variety of fields.
u različitim poljima.
for their sketches and their studies.
i svoje predmete.
scientific approaches
znanstvenim pristupima
impacts of the project
to be the cover of Foreign Affairs,
(Vanjski Poslovi),
political publications.
publikacija.
ambassadors for my project ...
projekt --
as a tool for educational purposes.
obrazovanja.
to go back to drawing classes,
satovima slikanja,
their own unique color.
boju.
for others to communicate.
kanal za druge.
in front of a therapist.
terapeutu.
who abolished slavery
ukinula ropstvo
to abolish discrimination.
ukinuli diskriminaciju.
u svijetu
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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