The beauty of human skin in every color | Angélica Dass

Prevodilac: Tereza Ivanovic Lektor: Ivana Krivokuća

It has been 128 years

Prošlo je 128 godina

since the last country in the world abolished slavery

otkad je i poslednja država na svetu ukinula ropstvo,

and 53 years

i prošlo je 53 godine

since Martin Luther King pronounced his "I Have A Dream" speech.

od govora Martina Lutera Kinga „Ja imam san“.

But we still live in a world

Ipak, još uvek živimo u svetu

where the color of our skin not only gives a first impression,

gde naša boja kože ne samo da ostavlja prvi utisak,

but a lasting one that remains.

već i onaj koji ostaje za stalno.

I was born in a family full of colors.

Rođena sam u porodici sa mnogo boja.

My father is the son of a maid

Moj otac je sin služavke

from whom he inherited an intense dark chocolate tone.

od koje je nasledio jako tamnu nijansu čokolade.

He was adopted by those who I know as my grandparents.

Usvojili su ga ljudi koje poznajem kao baku i dedu.

The matriarch, my grandma,

Baka, glava porodice,

has a porcelain skin and cotton-like hair.

ima kožu kao porcelan i kosu kao pamuk.

My grandpa was somewhere between a vanilla and strawberry yogurt tone,

Deda je imao nijansu između vanile i jogurta od jagode,

like my uncle and my cousin.

istu kao i moj ujak i rođak.

My mother is a cinnamon-skin daughter of a native Brazilian,

Moja majka, kože boje cimeta, je ćerka rođene Brazilke

with a pinch of hazel and honey,

sa mrvicom nijanse lešnika i meda,

and a man [who is] a mix of coffee with milk,

i čoveka boje mešavine kafe sa mlekom,

but with a lot of coffee.

ali sa mnogo kafe.

She has two sisters.

Ona ima dve sestre.

One in a toasted-peanut skin

Jedna je kao prepečen kikiriki,

and the other,

a druga,

also adopted,

takođe usvojena,

more on the beige side,

više je bež,

like a pancake.

kao palačinka.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Growing up in this family,

Odrastajući u ovoj porodici,

color was never important for me.

boja mi nikad nije bila važna.

Outside home, however, things were different soon.

Van kuće, međutim, stvari su uskoro postale drugačije.

Color had many other meanings.

Boja je imala mnoga druga značenja.

I remember my first drawing lessons in school

Moje sećanje na prvi čas crtanja u školi

as a bunch of contradictory feelings.

predstavlja hrpu protivrečnih osećanja.

It was exciting and creative

Bio je uzbudljiv i kreativan,

but I never understood the unique flesh-colored pencil.

ali nikada nisam razumela jedinstvenu olovku za boju kože.

I was made of flesh but I wasn't pink.

I ja sam od mesa, a nisam roze.

My skin was brown, and people said I was black.

Imam braon kožu za koju se kaže da je crna.

I was seven years old with a mess of colors in my head.

Sa sedam godina sam imala haos u glavi zbog boja.

Later,

Kasnije,

when I took my cousin to school,

kada sam vodila rođaka u školu,

I was usually taken for the nanny.

mislili su da sam dadilja.

By helping in the kitchen at a friend's party,

Kada sam kod prijatelja na zabavi pomagala u kuhinji,

people thought I was the maid.

mislili su da sam služavka.

I was even treated like a prostitute

Čak su me smatrali prostitutkom

just because I was walking alone on the beach with European friends.

samo zato što sam se šetala na plaži sa prijateljima iz Evrope.

And many times,

Često kad sam odlazila u posetu baki

visiting my grandma or friends in upper class buildings,

ili prijateljima u zgradi više klase,

I was invited not to use the main elevator.

zatražili su od mene da ne koristim glavni lift

Because in the end,

jer, naposletku,

with this color and this hair,

sa ovim tenom i ovom kosom

I cannot belong to some places.

ne mogu pripadati određenim mestima.

In some way,

Nekako sam se navikla na to

I get to used to it and accept part of it.

i delimično prihvatila.

However, something inside of me keeps revolving and struggling.

Ipak, u meni je nešto igralo i borilo se.

Years later I married a Spaniard.

Godinama kasnije udala sam se za Španca,

But not any Spaniard.

ali ne bilo kog.

I chose one with the skin color of a lobster when sunburnt.

Birala sam onog kojem je koža boje izgorelog jastoga.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Since then, a new question started to chase me.

Od tada me proganja drugo pitanje.

What will be the color of your children?

Kakvu će boju imati deca?

As you can understand, this is my last concern.

Shvatate, to me je najmanje brinulo.

But thinking about it,

Međutim, dok sam razmišljala o tome,

with my previous background,

uz moje prethodno iskustvo,

my story led me to make my personal exercise as a photographer.

priča me je usmerila na to da se lično ostvarim kao fotograf.

And that is how Humanae was born.

Tako je nastao projekat Humanae.

Humanae is a pursuit to highlight our true colors,

Humanae je težnja da se istaknu naše prave boje,

rather than the untrue

umesto lažne

white, red, black or yellow associated with race.

bele, crvene, crne ili žute koje asociraju na rasu.

It's a kind of game to question our codes.

To je vrsta igre, da se preispitaju naši kodovi.

It's a work in progress from a personal story to a global history.

Projekat je u toku, od lične priče do globalne istorije.

I portray the subjects in a white background.

Portrete subjekata radim na beloj pozadini.

Then I choose an 11-pixel square from the nose,

Zatim uzmem kvadratić od 11 piksela sa nosa,

paint the background,

obojim pozadinu,

and look for the corresponding color in the industrial palette, Pantone.

i tražim odgovarajuću boju sa industrijske palete Panton.

I started with my family and friends,

Počela sam sa porodicom i prijateljima,

then more and more people joined the adventure,

zatim se sve više ljudi priključilo avanturi,

thanks to public calls coming through the social media.

zahvaljujući javnim pozivima sa društvenih medija.

I thought that the main space to show my work was the Internet

Mislila sam da je internet glavno mesto da pokažem svoj rad,

because I want an open concept that invites everybody

jer otvoreno želim pozvati svakoga

to push the share button in both the computer and their brain.

da pritisne opciju za deljenje, kako na računaru, tako i u glavi.

The snowball started to roll.

Grudva je počela da se kotrlja.

The project had a great welcome --

Projekat je srdačno primljen -

invitations, exhibitions,

pozivi, izložbe,

physical formats,

fizički formati,

galleries and museums ...

galerije, muzeji -

just happened.

prosto su se desili.

And among them, my favorite:

Među njima, ono što je meni omiljeno:

when Humanae occupies public spaces

kada je Humanae na javnom prostoru,

and appears in the street,

kada se pojavi na ulici,

it fosters a popular debate

podstiče diskusije među ljudima

and creates a feeling of community.

i stvara osećaj zajedništva.

I have portrayed more than 3,000 people

Slikala sam više od 3 000 ljudi

in 13 different countries,

iz 13 različitih zemalja,

19 different cities around the world.

iz 19 različitih gradova širom sveta,

Just to mention some of them --

pomenuću samo neke -

from someone included in the Forbes list,

od nekoga sa Forbsove liste

to refugees who crossed the Mediterranean by boat.

do izbeglica koje su čamcem prešle Sredozemno more.

In Paris, from the UNESCO Headquarters to a shelter.

U Parizu, od sedišta UNESKA, do skloništa.

And students both in Switzerland and favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Studente u Švajcarskoj, kao i u favelama u Rio de Žaneiru.

All kinds of beliefs,

Ljude svih vera,

gender identities

rodnog identiteta,

or physical impairments,

telesnih nedostataka,

a newborn or terminally ill.

novorođene ili smrtno bolesne.

We all together build Humanae.

Svi zajedno gradimo Humanae.

Those portraits make us rethink how we see each other.

Ti portreti nas navode da razmislimo kako vidimo jedni druge.

When modern science is questioning the race concept,

Kada savremena nauka preispituje pojam rase,

what does it mean for us to be black, white, yellow, red?

šta nam onda znači biti crn, beo, žut ili crven?

Is it the eye, the nose, the mouth, the hair?

Da li se to tiče očiju, nosa, usta, kose?

Or does it have to do with our origin,

Ili to ima veze sa našim poreklom,

nationality

nacionalnošću

or bank account?

ili bankovnim računom?

This personal exercise turned out to be a discovery.

Ova lična akcija se pretvorila u otkriće.

Suddenly I realized that Humanae was useful for many people.

Odjednom sam shvatila da je Humanae koristan za mnoge ljude.

It represents a sort of mirror

Predstavlja vrstu ogledala

for those who cannot find themselves reflected in any label.

za one koji se ne mogu pronaći u bilo kakvoj klasifikaciji.

It was amazing

Neverovatno je

that people started to share their thoughts about the work with me.

da su ljudi počeli da sa mnom dele svoja mišljenja o radu.

I have hundreds of that,

Imam ih stotine,

I will share with you, too.

a podeliću ih i sa vama.

A mother of 11 years --

Pisala mi je majka

A mother of an 11-year-old girl wrote me,

jedne devojčice od 11 godina:

"Very good for me as a tool to work on her confidence,

„Ovo će mi poslužiti da radim na njenom samopouzdanju,

as this past weekend

jer je prošlog vikenda

one of her girlfriends argued with her that she does not belong

njena drugarica tvrdila da ona ne pripada tu

and should not be allowed to live in Norway.

i da joj ne treba dozvoliti da živi u Norveškoj.

So your work has a very special place in my heart

Vaš rad zauzima posebno mesto u mom srcu

and it's very important for me."

i veoma mi je važan.“

A woman shared her portrait on Facebook and wrote,

Jedna žena je podelila svoj portret na Fejsbuku i napisala:

"All my life,

„Tokom celog mog života,

people from across the globe had difficulties to place me in a group,

ljudi sa svih strana sveta nisu mogli da me smeste u neku grupu,

a stereotype,

u stereotip,

a box.

u kutiju.

Perhaps we should stop.

Možda treba da zastanemo.

Instead of framing, ask the individual,

Umesto stavljanja u okvir, upitajte osobu:

'How would you label yourself?'

'Kako biste sebe obeležili?'

Then I would say,

Tada bih rekla:

'Hi. I'm Massiel.

'Zdravo. Ja sam Masijel,

I'm a Dominican-Dutch,

dominikanskog i holandskog porekla,

I grew up in a mixed family

odrasla u mešovitoj porodici,

and I'm a bisexual woman.' "

biseksualna.'“

Besides these unexpected and touching reactions,

Osim ovih neočekivanih i dirljivih reakcija,

Humanae finds a new life in a different variety of fields.

Humanae pronalazi nov život na raznim poljima.

Just to show you some examples,

Pokazaću neke primere:

illustrators and art students

Ilustratori i studenti umetnosti

using it as a reference for their sketches and their studies.

ga koriste kao referencu za crteže i proučavanja.

It's a collection of faces.

To je zbirka lica.

Researchers in the fields of anthropology,

Istraživači na polju antropologije,

physics and neuroscience

fizike i neuronauka

use Humanae with different scientific approaches

koriste Humanae uz različite naučne pristupe

related to human ethnicity,

koji se odnose na etničku pripadnost,

optophysiology,

optofiziologiju,

face recognition

prepoznavanje lica,

or Alzheimer's.

ili Alchajmerove bolesti.

One of the most important impacts of the project

Jedan od najvažnijih uticaja ovog projekta

is that Humanae was chosen to be the cover of Foreign Affairs,

je to da je Humanae odabran za naslovnicu časopisa „Spoljni poslovi“,

one of the most relevant political publications.

jednu od najuticajnijih političkih publikacija.

And talking about foreign affairs,

Kad smo već kod spoljnih poslova,

I found the perfect ambassadors for my project ...

otkrila sam savršene izaslanike za moj projekat -

teachers.

učitelje.

They are the ones that use Humanae as a tool for educational purposes.

Oni koriste Humanae kao obrazovno sredstvo.

Their passion encourages me to go back to drawing classes,

Njihova strast me ohrabruje da se vratim časovima crtanja,

but this time as a teacher myself.

ali sad u ulozi nastavnika.

My students,

Moji učenici,

both adults and kids,

kako odrasli tako i deca,

paint their self-portraits,

slikaju autoportrete,

trying to discover their own unique color.

pokušavajući da otkriju svoju jedinstvenu boju.

As a photographer,

Kao fotograf,

I realize that I can be a channel for others to communicate.

shvatam svoju ulogu prenosioca komunikacije.

As an individual,

Kao pojedinac,

as Angélica,

kao Anđelika,

every time I take a picture,

kad god uslikam fotografiju,

I feel that I am sitting in front of a therapist.

imam osećaj da sedim ispred terapeuta.

All the frustration, fear and loneliness

Frustracija, strah, samoća,

that I once felt ...

sve što sam nekad osećala

becomes love.

postaje ljubav.

The last country --

Poslednja zemlja,

the last country in the world who abolished slavery

poslednja koja je ukinula ropstvo,

is the country where I was born,

je zemlja gde sam se rodila,

Brazil.

Brazil.

We still have to work hard to abolish discrimination.

I dalje moramo marljivo raditi da bismo ukinuli diskriminaciju.

That remains a common practice worldwide,

To je uobičajena praksa širom sveta

and that will not disappear by itself.

i neće nestati sama od sebe.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you.

Hvala.