In this keynote lecture, Visual AIDS Research Fellow Adam Ash Barbu introduces DARC’s programming for World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art. Highlighting their current research on the work of artist and activist Hunter Reynolds (1959-2022), Barbu weaves connections between histories of AIDS cultural production. In dialogue with Reynolds’ practice, Barbu frames the bed as a surface for healing, self-invention, and community formation in the times of AIDS.
The lecture will be followed by a premiere screening of five videos commissioned by Visual. AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick.
