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The AIDS Video Movement consisted of several different video and filmmakers. Tom Kalin was an American AIDS activist and director who made at least eight videos directly focusing on the AIDS epidemic, yet he has stated that all of his works are somewhat affected by the AIDS crisis. Kalin's works express his own personal responses to the ...
On April 12, 1983, Don Francis, then a CDC epidemiologist and AIDS researcher, wrote a memo to CDC Assistant Director Walter R. Dowdle asking for more resources to deal with the AIDS crisis, imploring that the current funding was not adequate to deal with the epidemic, "The inadequate funding to date has seriously restricted our work and has ...
This graphic was one of many created by Gran Fury in response to the lack of awareness regarding the AIDS pandemic. Emerging from ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in 1988, Gran Fury was an AIDS activist artist collective from New York City consisting of 11 members including: Richard Elovich, Avram Finkelstein, Amy Heard, Tom Kalin, John Lindell, Loring McAlpin, Marlene McCarty, Donald ...
Keith Haring’s 1989 piece “Unfinished Painting” became the center of an ethics debate about art and artificial intelligence after an X user used AI to “complete” the work.
Jun. 26—In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report describing a rare lung condition affecting the immune system of five young gay men in California. By the ...
The Silence=Death Project was a consciousness-raising group raising awareness about the AIDS crisis during the Reagan administration.It was best known for its iconic political poster and was the work of a six-person collective in New York City: Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Socárras.
The 1990s and the HIV crisis. ... In fact, AIDS was the leading cause of death in men ages 25 ... Other HIV storytellers say Zamora's life is a testament on how art can be a vessel to destigmatize ...
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt or AIDS Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, [ 1 ] it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, as of 2020.