Brown Labels

BROWN LABELS derive from the understanding of being ‘other’. From both the internal and the external. The idea that being of mixed – race or mixed descent can both alienate an individual, and inform them in a multitude of ways. Many brown descent or mixed

people have often described not fitting in.

Historically, brown people are the result of miscegenation. For those who are brown, hearing the phrase „You’re not that black“ is part of everyday life. But what is it like to be in a racial category „in the middle“? For some people, reflecting on how they see themselves and how they are seen by society results in a process of discovering themselves as black. It is when you assume who you are, accepting the traits of the „black parcel“ that constitutes you, transforming a past of attempts at whitening into pride of being black. This is the movement we see today – and it tends to grow. After a historical discussion about miscegenation, passing through the stereotype of „degenerate“ and the exaltation of the mulatto, culminating in the myth of racial democracy, the brown gains the possibility of another identity: light-skinned black, no middles. Using art as a powerful instrument in the deconstruction of aesthetic precepts and standards, BROWN LABELS invite the audience to follow the sensitive gaze of the artists by portraying a delicate theme in an environment that provides a creative encounter between plasticity, aesthetic seduction and political-social act.