AIDS Demo Graphics: Looking at the Revolution

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AIDS Demo Graphics: Looking at the Revolution was an exhibition that examined the AIDS activist movement in New York through the presentation of graphics, photographs, and videotapes created for direct political action. Photographs documenting the actions of ACT UP NY (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) accompanied the graphics to form a timeline chronicling the movement and the emergence of activist groups such as Gran Fury, DIVA-TV, WHAM, and the Silence=Death Project. The video works included focused on media coverage, AIDS education, eroticism, and counter-surveillance. 

AIDS Demo Graphics was organized by the Simon Watson Gallery, New York and took place alongside an exhibition by Donald Moffett and Félix González-Torres the UBC Fine Arts Gallery, and the symposium Representing AIDS: Art and Activism with Donald Moffett, Douglas Crimp, and Simon Watney at Robson Square Media Centre. This series of programs was presented in connection with A Day Without Art—an international day of action and mourning acknowledging the impact of AIDS on the arts community. 

Presented in partnership with the UBC Fine Arts Gallery.