The project "Labels, but not for clothes" approaches the topic of labeling and stereotyping from different angles and calls for participation and has developed as a triptych.

The project had its first public moment in November, in the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL.

The purpose of this first part: To show the impact of exposure to biases and labels at an early age. In what ways do words shape us?

What was presented:

A series of drawings describing a personal experience of growing up surrounded by labels and biases (integrated in the text below).

2 audio pieces: 1 on how people perceive biases and labels and 1 personal story.

A soundboard: A small instrument ("Characterization Generator") that treats labels as pieces of sound. How we deal with them is in our hands, like keys on a keyboard.

The installation included a feedback form from which a Repository was created.