Category: DWA
DWA stands for Day Without Art, an annual day of remembrance for victims of AIDS to coincide with World AIDS Day on December 1 of each year. Initiated in 1990 by Visual AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Programs that could have been funded instead of Ken Starr
Accession #: ICI-21758 TITLE:Ken Starr’s Waste DISCUSSION: A postcard printed by Visual AIDS in the height of the Ken Starr investigation into President Clinton’s sexual antics. It highlights the choices our leaders make and underlines the irony of Starr’s efforts. His crusade against President Clinton … Continue readingHIV/AIDS Programs that could have been funded instead of Ken Starr
Every Ten Minutes Cassette by Robert Farber
EK ACCESSION #: ICI 21686 TITLE: Every Ten Minutes (audio cassette tape) DISCUSSION: A project by Robert Farber for Visual AIDS on Day Without Art in 1992. There was no sound on the tape except for a gong that rang every ten minutes – the … Continue readingEvery Ten Minutes Cassette by Robert Farber
Ephemera Kabinett: Ad seeking volunteers to test HIV Vaccine
EK ACCESSION#: ICI-21768 TITLE: Newspaper Ad in a Seattle Newspaper seeking volunteers to test an HIV vaccine. DISCUSSION: An ad found in a Seattle ‘give-away’ journal from the late 1990s. To our eyes, the visuals seemed bold and adventurous, perhaps a bit too bold in light … Continue readingEphemera Kabinett: Ad seeking volunteers to test HIV Vaccine
Plague in Virgil’s “Georgics” Pamphlet
A program for an exhibition organized by Daniel Cornell at the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1995 to coincide with the Day Without Art on December 1, World AIDS Day. Today, Visual AIDS prefers to emphasize the people, especially artists, who are living with HIV and … Continue readingPlague in Virgil’s “Georgics” Pamphlet
