Day With(out) Art 2018: ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS
HAMMER | 11 a.m., Hammer Museum
ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS is an hour-long video program highlighting the impact of art in AIDS activism and advocacy today, featuring compelling short videos commissioned from six inspiring community organizations and collectives: ACT UP NY, Positive Women’s Network, Sero Project, The SPOT, Tacoma Action Collective, and VOCAL NY. The program represents a wide range of organizational strategies, from direct action to grassroots service providers to nation-wide movement building, while considering the role of creative practices in activist responses to the ongoing AIDS crisis.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS seeks to reflect the persisting urgencies of today’s HIV/AIDS epidemic by pointing to pressing and political concerns. In their commissioned videos, organizations address intersecting issues including anti-Black violence, HIV criminalization, homelessness, and the disproportionate effects of HIV on marginalized communities. At a moment of growing interest in the histories of AIDS activism, ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS foregrounds contemporary engagements between activists, artists, and cultural workers on the front lines.
This event is presented by the Hammer Museum at UCLA.
Event Date: Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.*
*screening on a loop
Venue: Hammer Museum
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.
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