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FEVER
IN THE ARCHIVES: COLLECTIVE ACTION
Saturday,
October 19
2:00pm
Little Theatre
Prominent cultural archivist Jim Hubbard curated "Collective Action"
as part of his "Fever in the Archive" exhibition at the Guggenheim
Museum. This program of video works produced by AIDS activist video collectives
captures the energy, emotion, and urgency of early AIDS activism and its
efforts to inform a vastly ignorant public about the epidemic. "AIDS
Activist Video remains one of the most significant cultural developments
of the AIDS crisis. The tapes grew out of a diverse and large-scale, unorganized,
yet concerted effort by activists and videomakers to respond to the epidemic.
TESTING THE LIMITS is arguably the first true AIDS Activist
videotape and, in many ways, provided a model for others with its lack
of voiceover and quick editing, often to the beat of disco and rap music.
WE CARE, made by women of color, concentrates on caregiving
and the effect of AIDS on people’s lives. Gran Fury is more widely
known for its graphics and, indeed, a still version of KISSING
DOESN’T KILL adorned city buses throughout the country.
TARGET CITY HALL, contrasts the democratic process of
ACT UP’s affinity groups with the illegal, degrading
strip searches of women arrested at the demonstration."
- Jim Hubbard
TESTING
THE LIMITS; Testing the Limits, filmmakers; 1987; USA; 28 minutes;
video
ALL PEOPLE WITH AIDS ARE INNOCENT; GANG,
filmmakers; 1990; USA; 10 seconds; video
WE CARE: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected
by AIDS; WAVE (Women’s AIDS Video Enterprise),
filmmakers; 1990; USA; 30 minutes; video
KISSING DOESN’T KILL; Gran Fury, filmmakers; 1990;
USA; 2 minutes; video
TARGET CITY HALL; DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activist
Television), filmmakers; 1989; USA; 28 minutes; video
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