The project: Give cameras to people with HIV. The pictures: Joy, grief, desire, hope
Through Positive Eyes at the Fowler Museum
Presented by the Fowler Museum at UCLA and co-curated by UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance Professor and Art and Global Health Center Director David Gere, Through Positive Eyes is a large-scale photography and storytelling project created in collaboration with more than 130 people living with HIV/AIDS.
"For artist Vasilios Papapitsios, going public with his HIV status has been gradual.
He was diagnosed at age 19, but about three years passed before he wrote an anonymous piece about his experience for a North Carolina zine. He presented his art project, a series of embroidered jockstraps and underwear referencing HIV, at a show anonymously. And in 2016, Papapitsios performed at the underground Chicago event Queer, Ill + Okay while wearing a mask.
Now 28, Papapitsios is sharing his story regularly — mask off — at UCLA’s Fowler Museum as part of 'Through Positive Eyes,' a photo-storytelling project of people around the world living with HIV and AIDS."— Makeda Easter, November 28, 2019
This post is an excerpt. Read the full article on the Los Angeles Times website.
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