{"id":485,"date":"2008-04-17T20:43:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T02:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=485"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:21:31","slug":"you-dont-remember-the-time-you-do-moments-in-the-lives-of-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2008\/04\/17\/you-dont-remember-the-time-you-do-moments-in-the-lives-of-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don\u2019t Remember the Time You Do: Moments in the Lives of Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, April 17, 6pm <\/strong>| <em>Laurie Jo Reynolds in person!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1870\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/05\/prisoners450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1870 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/05\/prisoners450.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Todd, In Loving Memory (2005). Image courtesy of the artist.\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Todd, In Loving Memory (2005). Image courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prison has long been a popular setting for motion pictures, from the oft-remade <em>Man in the Iron Mask<\/em> to recent Oscar-nominated hits <em>Dead Man Walking<\/em> and <em>The Shawshank Redemption.<\/em> Rarer is the film that examines the prison system\u2019s complicated impact on individuals, families, and communities. Artists Laurie Jo Reynolds and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roberttoddfilms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Todd<\/a> take on this challenge in a pair of lyrical essays on the experiences of incarcerated men and women. Weaving together pop cultural imagery and prison phone conversations, Reynolds\u2019 collage-like <em>Space Ghost<\/em> (2007) explores confinement and isolation in the lives of astronauts and the imprisoned. Todd\u2019s <em>In Loving Memory<\/em> (2005) juxtaposes the reflections of prisoners on their lives with haunting landscape shots of prisons around the country, in a moving meditation on memory and a compelling critique of the death penalty. Presented as part of a series of events organized by the Tamms Poetry Committee marking the ten-year anniversary of the Tamms Supermax prison in Tamms, Illinois. 2005\u201307, various directors, USA, ca. 90 min, various formats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Chicago Artists and Prisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">AREA<\/span> Dialogue: Art on the Outside: Chicago Artists and\u00a0Prisons (with Laurie Jo Reynolds)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yearten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamms Year Ten<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 17, 6pm | Laurie Jo Reynolds in person! Prison has long been a popular setting for motion pictures, from the oft-remade Man in the Iron Mask to recent Oscar-nominated hits Dead Man Walking and The Shawshank Redemption. Rarer is the film that examines the prison system\u2019s complicated impact on individuals, families, and communities. 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