I came across Isis tha Saviour this summer while watching the book launch of Nicole Fleetwood's Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.
From the book launch: "Marking Time reflects Fleetwood’s decade-long dedication to researching, curating, and archiving the visual art and creative practices of incarcerated artists and art that responds to mass incarceration. Based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author’s own family experiences with the penal system, "Marking Time" shows how imprisoned artists turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions—including solitary confinement—these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender."
Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, known as Isis the Saviour, also told her story to NPR's podcast, Louder than a Riot, a podcast about "rhyme and punishment."
Below is her video visualizer for her song, "The Fall of America" that was released to galvanize people to head to the polls to vote in November 2020.
Below is Isis Tha Saviour's video for "Ain't I a Woman." Art mimics life, as the video (that watches like a short film) tells the story of her journey as a pregnant woman in the carceral system.
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