Aambr “2AM” Newsome
BdA Arts Production Conjurer
2AM. Many say that is the time our ancestors speak to us. For 2AM it is the time that she finds silence in a chaotic world surrounding her. Within that silence, the artist goes within, connecting to her higher self, becoming a vessel to the hidden messages of yesterday. This creative method is a channel investing concrete evidence to African Religions, traditions, and cultures by way of visual expression.
With this practice, she creates a large series of work blending ancient indigenous cultures, with myths and legends from both the past and future. In this study she forms and shapes spirituality and creativity, through a greater understanding of personal identity, spiritual practice, and ritual magic. By building this work, the artist gives life to the many lost and stolen legacies of African and African American people, while building a foundation for those legacies to live on through Afrofuturism.
Although many of her other artistic endeavors include muraling, painting, printmaking, and assemblage, she is a woman of many talents. It is her belief that the personal is political, often many of her works speak to the issues related to homelessness, feminism, economic justice, and the state of the black human condition. She is currently focused on creating installation-performance art rooted in breaking down the construct of the black woman.