Are You Normal?

Here, an exciting project is offered where adolescents get the opportunity to reflect on society's narrow framing of what it means to be normal. The project involves video education and culminates with a photo exhibit of the participants' work in a beautiful space at the Children's Culture Festival.

About the project

What is it to be normal? Who decides that? Are fat people not sexy? Can old people make out? Are gay men always feminine? Are mental illnesses terrible? Should people with disabilities be pitied?

The project is intended for students in 8th to 10th grade. Each workplace has the freedom to implement it in their own way in close consultation with its supervisor. The project is modelled after a Swedish template where it's called Normstorm.

What's in the package?

Loan of a high-quality camera
Printing costs for photos
Participation in an exhibition with exhibition management
Advice from supervisors

Seven digital presentations

One on stereotypes
Two on photography
One on event management
Three talks from young Icelandic people that broaden the narrow framework of society's stereotypes.

Presenters

Embla Guðrúnar-Ágústsdóttir, a young physically disabled, gay woman who recently completed her university degree and had her first child.
Andrean Sigurgeirsson, a young gay man who works as a dancer.
Tómas Welding, a young man with Tourette's who is a self-taught musician and photographer.
Kolbrún Hrund Sigurgeirsdóttir, Project Manager for Reykjavík's Gender Equality Academy.
Harpa Rut Hilmarsdóttir, Project Manager for the Children's Culture Festival.
Erla Stefánsdóttir, Project Manager at Mixtúra.