the blueshift journal
blueshift / ˈblo͞oˌSHift / noun
the displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer.
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Amina Ross
artist
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Let's Make Ourselves Vulnerable / Impenetrable Body, 2016
"I keep a folder of videos of myself crying in my studio or my apartment. For some reason, recording myself crying has been a cathartic process. I mobilize these videos and other reflections within this in-process work."
Photo credit: Ali Noggle
Amina Ross is an undisciplined artist engaged in the reevaluation of visual and written language. As of late, Amina’s interests have led to an exploration of conceptions of Body and Beauty within communities dedicated to alternative modes of healing. Amina’s process is consciously constructed and highly collaborative.
Amina is committed to creating spaces that foster thinking, conversation, growth and love. These ambitions manifested in the founding of 3rd Language (2011-2015), a queer arts collective which has received the Propeller Fund grant and Davis Foundation awards for its summer workshops series. Currently, these ambitions manifest themselves in Beauty Breaks, (beautybreaks.info), a participatory art project and workshop series developed during Amina’s fellowship at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
Amina is currently Co-Lead artist of Teen Creative Agency at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.