RaMell Ross

And the idea that, you know, people of color and Black folks... need to or should or I'm encouraging them, as many people are, to go back to the South, to reverse migrate and to claim land and to sort of dilute.

And the idea that, you know, people of color and Black folks... need to or should or I'm encouraging them, as many people are, to go back to the South, to reverse migrate and to claim land and to sort of dilute.

Well, it's a very personal reason. I'm a very serious athlete, and I'm used to mind over matter and playing through pain and putting my body on the line for what I want to do, what I believe in. When I stopped playing sports, I lost that aspect of my physical relationship to things I cared about. And I think intellectual labor has its own version of that. But I'm not a person to go to protests.

Well, it's a very personal reason. I'm a very serious athlete, and I'm used to mind over matter and playing through pain and putting my body on the line for what I want to do, what I believe in. When I stopped playing sports, I lost that aspect of my physical relationship to things I cared about. And I think intellectual labor has its own version of that. But I'm not a person to go to protests.

Well, it's a very personal reason. I'm a very serious athlete, and I'm used to mind over matter and playing through pain and putting my body on the line for what I want to do, what I believe in. When I stopped playing sports, I lost that aspect of my physical relationship to things I cared about. And I think intellectual labor has its own version of that. But I'm not a person to go to protests.

I've been to them before, but it's not me. Whatever that means, it can be impact more. I think that doing performance art and doing work like this is my version of putting my body on the line in the way in which so many people go and are battered by police officers and or always at risk of being hit in the face by some pepper spray or some tear gas. Who knows what could happen? This is my version.

I've been to them before, but it's not me. Whatever that means, it can be impact more. I think that doing performance art and doing work like this is my version of putting my body on the line in the way in which so many people go and are battered by police officers and or always at risk of being hit in the face by some pepper spray or some tear gas. Who knows what could happen? This is my version.

I've been to them before, but it's not me. Whatever that means, it can be impact more. I think that doing performance art and doing work like this is my version of putting my body on the line in the way in which so many people go and are battered by police officers and or always at risk of being hit in the face by some pepper spray or some tear gas. Who knows what could happen? This is my version.

I never said this publicly. I loved it. I loved being in there.

I never said this publicly. I loved it. I loved being in there.

I never said this publicly. I loved it. I loved being in there.

I love that there was nothing else to do. I was just in there. What am I going to... What am I doing? What am I going to do? My only goal was to, like, survive or to... I mean, it's a bit dramatic because two people knew I was in there. I could get out whenever I wanted. Yeah. I'm not saying that this was anything like Henry Box Brown's. Yeah. Just a project with deep meaning to me. But...

I love that there was nothing else to do. I was just in there. What am I going to... What am I doing? What am I going to do? My only goal was to, like, survive or to... I mean, it's a bit dramatic because two people knew I was in there. I could get out whenever I wanted. Yeah. I'm not saying that this was anything like Henry Box Brown's. Yeah. Just a project with deep meaning to me. But...

I love that there was nothing else to do. I was just in there. What am I going to... What am I doing? What am I going to do? My only goal was to, like, survive or to... I mean, it's a bit dramatic because two people knew I was in there. I could get out whenever I wanted. Yeah. I'm not saying that this was anything like Henry Box Brown's. Yeah. Just a project with deep meaning to me. But...

My goal was to exist. And the sound, it sounded like I was time traveling because I sound like I was on a freight train. I thought the box was going to fall apart. It was loud. Yeah. Oh, my God. It was...

My goal was to exist. And the sound, it sounded like I was time traveling because I sound like I was on a freight train. I thought the box was going to fall apart. It was loud. Yeah. Oh, my God. It was...

My goal was to exist. And the sound, it sounded like I was time traveling because I sound like I was on a freight train. I thought the box was going to fall apart. It was loud. Yeah. Oh, my God. It was...

terrifyingly loud at times I can't see how it's strapped I know my guy Bobby Davis he's one of the smartest people I know I know that the box is built well I know it's strapped down because he would not he was hesitant to even do this thing I had to like almost force him but he's a big supporter of my work But also, I can't see it. So I think, so it's terrifying.

terrifyingly loud at times I can't see how it's strapped I know my guy Bobby Davis he's one of the smartest people I know I know that the box is built well I know it's strapped down because he would not he was hesitant to even do this thing I had to like almost force him but he's a big supporter of my work But also, I can't see it. So I think, so it's terrifying.

terrifyingly loud at times I can't see how it's strapped I know my guy Bobby Davis he's one of the smartest people I know I know that the box is built well I know it's strapped down because he would not he was hesitant to even do this thing I had to like almost force him but he's a big supporter of my work But also, I can't see it. So I think, so it's terrifying.