CHARM TAYLOR
Infinite Chances for Freedom Forevermore. 2023, Video installation with sound, text, and mixed media elements. Running time: 44 seconds, looping.
Creatively interprets the experience of Daytanya:
“Should have got a chance...It’s a lot. I ain't no bad person. I made mistakes.”
I am Charm Taylor, Olútító Amonà Koní, a multidisciplinary artist, mama, educator, and spiritual guide. I am the creator of She is the Future (2021) and The Road Within, both music albums explore themes of transformative & restorative justice, generational healing, as well as Afro-Futurism. Infinite Chances for Freedom Forevermore (2022) is in conversation with the song “Right or Wrong” and the voice of a young person who dreams of surviving his childhood mistakes despite growing up in the incarceration capital of the world.
Charm Taylor (b. circa 1985, St. Louis, MO; based in New Orleans, LA) is a transformative multidisciplinary artist, curator, culture-keeper and change-maker. As an independent vocalist and songwriter, Taylor first gained recognition as the lead singer of the electric soul rock band The Honorable South. She has collaborated with Galactic, Spirit McIntyre, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mononeon, and more. Her music is genre defy-ing and her dynamic performances are infused with ancestral memory, wellness, and deep feminine strength, which is also evident in her bold visual creations meditating on pathways to liberation. In 2015 she released a critically acclaimed first solo EP, The Road Within, followed by several albums with local indie imprint Sinking City Records, includ-ing her most recent 2021 record, She is the Future. Taylor has served in the community as an activist and educator, and taught writing and history, as well as coordinated arts programs for elementary, middle, and high school students. She is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles and University of New Orleans.
INSTAGRAM charmtayloristhefuture
