Laurie Jo Reynolds: Brief Summary And Analysis
Video artist and 2013 Creative Capital grant awardee, Laurie Jo Reynolds has taken it upon herself to do what some people may consider impossible: to achieve "concrete policy change... using an arts and culture approach to cultural organizing." Today, most political works only say things, and few do much of anything other than momentarily impact viewers. Reynolds' work centers around conditions in prisons and practices such as solitary confinement that engage in "fear-based criminal justice policies." In addition to being one of 14 Soros Justice Fellows, Reynolds is the chief coordinator of the group Tamms Year Ten, a successful grassroots campaign to close the Tamms supermax prison in Illinois. Her work is not just something provocative to