about 2faced1.com

2FACED1.com shows one persons two different faces in photos;

Persona 1:
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
CONSIDERED AS

Persona 2:
WHAT YOU FEAR TO BE
CONSIDERED AS

This leads to a discussion about stereotypes and inner fears of getting misunderstood by the surroundings. Thoughts that every thinking modern day person does reflect upon. We're asking every day people from an innercity context where old categories as ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality and class are reassessed, why they choose to look like they do. We’re diggin' deep, peeling off garments, codes and attributes. We’re searching for transnational identities - is the conclusion that we choose whoever we want to be today?!

 

A 2FACED1 STATE OF MIND

A 2FACED1 is highly aware of existing stereotypes related to your own ethnicity, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and class. You’re trying to avoid them but sometimes also play with them to make people think twice about who you are. Two faced doesn’t mean anything negative here, it explains the double folded view you have on identity if you’re not the existing norm. Self awareness is a gift, because it also helps you to understand other peoples situations better. To be a 2FACED1 is to have the feet in different worlds, be able to move between them but feel rather at home in that space in between. You've stepped out of your comfort zone and has become one of the new identities where ol' categories are mashed up and rootlessness and non-given identity just means major possibilities.

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THE 2FACED1 NETWORK

2FACED1 is a state of mind, 2FACED1.com is a display-window for this mindset and the network of 2FACED1 includes all of you progressive non-stereotypes with a double perspective on identity .

 

2FACED1.com:

Decida -  Editor, Founder, Creative Director (Stockholm)
Oscar Stenberg - Web, Photography (Stockholm) 
Linn Marcusson - Writer, Style Assistant (Gypsie's Mega Trip) (Stockholm) 
Spoek Mathambo - (the Zombo Blog) (Johannesburg)
Alex Dabo - ( the Do The Dabo Blog) (Stockholm) 
Mira Bajagic - Event / Production (London)
Pernilla Philip -  Design (Amsterdam)

 

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contact: info@2faced1.com

"Look At That N***a!"

Post date Thu 10 May 2012 7:56 PM

Image by me

GIF via ANYTHING GOES (A reconstruction of how I felt last month)

Last month, during the same week, I was totally murdered by looks from gangs, two times. The first time it was the upgraded tuggar gang that has realized that Chigago bulls snapbacks and 80’s references such as rope chains are “swag”. I call them h-hipsters as in hip hop hipsters. Just because I was so tired of people being so stupid and walking around in clothes that when I wore was called “gay”, I was all dressed in grey shades, a turtleneck and an african beanie. I entered the train and found myself surrounded by a bunch of Lakers snapbacks and staring eyes, I started walking away to find a seat and as I had walked passed them one of them shouted “look at that nigga!” and they all burst out in laugh. They themself were afro-swedes, right at that moment I didn’t think it was fun, but now I think it was a quite interesting moment with all the different perspectives; 

The h-hipsters saw me as some sort of newly arrived african who wanted to stay true to my roots and that I didn't get that what they’re wearing was what was hot. But what they don’t get is that they’re going to try to dress like this in about 2 years time. (NOTE: the word TRY)

The other occasion I played with my 2FACED1, I wore a pair of adidas pants (in true tuggar spirit), a nike bomber jacket and to contrast a see-through, shiny shirt. When I was walking passed the station entrence I got met by about 40 scanning-to-categorize pair of eyes, from the local tuggar-gang. Before all of them saw me I used my chameleon-skills, closed my jacket and run past them, and yes, I know I should’ve actually taken off my jacket and walked the PIMP walk past them but I just didn’t have the fighting spirit that day! #2FACED1confessions #Classical2FACED1moment

Fri 25 May 2012 11:07 AM
Anonymous
swag!
Sat 12 May 2012 11:09 PM
Nästa gång går vi the pimp walk tillsammans! Bäst du är! /Tvillingsälen

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