Angélica Dass: The beauty of human skin in every color
Andželika Dass: Cilvēka ādas skaistums visās krāsās
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
atcēla verdzību,
his "I Have A Dream" speech.
savu runu „Man ir sapnis”.
not only gives a first impression,
ne vien sniedz pirmo iespaidu,
an intense dark chocolate tone.
tumšu šokolādes toni.
who I know as my grandparents.
kurus es pazīstu kā savus vecvecākus.
un matiem kā kokvilnu.
a vanilla and strawberry yogurt tone,
vaniļas un zemeņu jogurta toni,
daughter of a native Brazilian,
iedzimtas brazīlietes meita,
a mix of coffee with milk,
things were different soon.
viss drīz kļuva citādāk.
drawing lessons in school
savu pirmo skolas zīmēšanas stundu
the unique flesh-colored pencil.
vienīgo miesas krāsas zīmuli.
and people said I was black.
un ļaudis teica, ka esmu melna.
with a mess of colors in my head.
ar krāsām pilnu galvu.
at a friend's party,
on the beach with European friends.
staigāju pa pludmali.
in upper class buildings,
pārtikušās šķiras dzīvokļu namos,
the main elevator.
keeps revolving and struggling.
arvien griežas un cīnas ar to.
of a lobster when sunburnt.
kā saulē apdegušam omāram.
started to chase me.
mani sāka vajāt jauns jautājums.
this is my last concern.
tas mani uztrauc vismazāk.
my personal exercise as a photographer.
pie mana fotogrāfes vingrinājuma.
to highlight our true colors,
izcelt mūsu īstās krāsas,
associated with race.
ko saista ar rasi.
from a personal story to a global history.
no personīgās līdz pat pasaules vēsturei.
in a white background.
square from the nose,
11 pikseļu kvadrātu no deguna,
in the industrial palette, Pantone.
rūpnieciskajā paletē, Pantone.
joined the adventure,
pievienojās aizvien vairāk cilvēku,
coming through the social media.
caur sociālajiem medijiem.
to show my work was the Internet
kur rādīt manus darbus, būs internets,
that invites everybody
kas aicinātu visus
in both the computer and their brain.
gan datoros, gan savās galvās.
the Mediterranean by boat.
kas laivā šķērsojuši Vidusjūru.
Headquarters to a shelter.
līdz patversmei.
and favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
gan Riodežaneiro graustu rajoniem.
how we see each other.
kā redzam viens otru.
is questioning the race concept,
apšauba rases jēdzienu,
to be black, white, yellow, red?
baltiem, dzelteniem, sarkaniem?
the mouth, the hair?
deguns, mute, mati?
turned out to be a discovery.
kļuva par atklājumu.
was useful for many people.
kalpo daudziem ļaudīm.
themselves reflected in any label.
nevienam no apzīmējumiem.
their thoughts about the work with me.
savās domās par šo darbu.
to work on her confidence,
kas uzlabo viņas pašapziņu,
that she does not belong
ka viņa neiederas
to live in Norway.
dzīvot Norvēģijā.
a very special place in my heart
ir ļoti īpaša vieta manā sirdī,
on Facebook and wrote,
savā portretā un rakstīja:
had difficulties to place me in a group,
ir bijis grūti mani ievietot kādā grupā,
and touching reactions,
un aizkustinošās reakcijas,
in a different variety of fields.
dažnedažādās jomās.
for their sketches and their studies.
savām skicēm un studijām.
scientific approaches
zinātniskām pieejām,
impacts of the project
projekta sasniegumiem
to be the cover of Foreign Affairs,
žurnālam Foreign Affairs,
political publications.
politiskajām publikācijām.
ambassadors for my project ...
sava projekta vēstnešus...
as a tool for educational purposes.
Humanae izmanto kā rīku.
to go back to drawing classes,
atsākt zīmēšanas stundas,
their own unique color.
paši savu neatkārtojamo krāsu.
for others to communicate.
komunikācijas kanāls citiem.
in front of a therapist.
who abolished slavery
kas atcēla verdzību
to abolish discrimination.
lai atceltu diskrimināciju,
visā pasaulē,
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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