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Past Event

ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS: Whitney Museum Screening and Discussion

NYC premiere followed by a conversation with Tourmaline, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell

Date:
Friday, December 1, 2017 from 6:30pm–9:00pm
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Price: FREE
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Location:
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St
New York, NY , 10014
United States
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Newly commissioned videos by Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Tourmaline, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia LaBeija, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell.

ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS premiered at the Whitney Museum of American Art on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2017, followed by a post-screening discussion featuring artists Tourmaline, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell in conversation with curators Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett.

Whitney event page here.

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ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS was the 28th annual iteration of Visual AIDS’ longstanding Day With(out) Art project. Curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS, the video program prioritizes Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic, commissioning seven new and innovative short videos from artists Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Tourmaline, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia LaBeija, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Brontez Purnell.

In spite of the impact of HIV/AIDS within Black communities, larger artistic and historical narratives constantly exclude Black stories and experiences. In 2016, African Americans represented 44% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States. Given this context, it is increasingly urgent to feature a myriad of stories that consider and represent the lives of those housed within this statistic. ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS seeks to highlight the voices of those that are marginalized within broader Black communities nationwide, including queer and trans people.

The commissioned projects include intimate meditations of young HIV positive protagonists; a consideration of community-based HIV/AIDS activism in the South; explorations of the legacies and contemporary resonances within AIDS archives; a poetic journey through New York exploring historical traces of queer and trans life, and more. Together, the videos provide a platform centering voices deeply impacted by the ongoing epidemic.

This project was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the generous support of The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Visual AIDS would also like to thank the artists for the time and resources they have contributed to this project.


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