Alejandra Ramos is a Guatemalan/ Mexican artist focusing on personal familial-based collaboration. She values the practice of consistent communication between herself and her family abroad—creating spontaneous dialogues and new histories. She uses writing, video, and photography to translate her family’s narratives relating to loss, migration, and separation.
Due to the limitations of distance, much of her audio and visual material is produced by working with aunts and cousins through video and audio diaries. There is a privilege in overcoming distance and being with another on the same ground. Working in a way where live bodies are not present with voice only recalls how the artist's family has always lived. To be an immigrant means leaving behind one's home and community where seemingly mundane interactions are no longer possible. As such, she embraces the fragmentation of family that is connected only through phone calls and recordings.
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