Past Event
Day With(out) Art 2016: COMPULSIVE PRACTICE
Curator and filmmaker Jean Carlomusto in her video archives while preparing COMPULSIVE PRACTICE.
For the 2016 Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS presents COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, a video compilation of compulsive, daily, and habitual practices by nine artists and activists who live with their cameras as one way to manage, reflect upon, and change how they are deeply affected by HIV/AIDS. This hour-long video program will be distributed internationally to museums, art institutions, schools and AIDS organizations.
From video diaries to civil disobedience, holiday specials and backstage antics, Betamax to YouTube, COMPULSIVE PRACTICE displays a diversity of artistic approaches, experiences, and expectations. The compulsive video practices of these artists serve many purposes—outlet, lament, documentation, communication, empowerment, healing—and have many tones—obsessive, driven, poetic, neurotic, celebratory. COMPULSIVE PRACTICE demonstrates the place of technology, self-expression, critique, and community in the many decades and the many experiences of artists and activists living with HIV/AIDS.
COMPULSIVE PRACTICE highlights subjects ranging from historic actions against government neglect to contemporary issues such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and living with an undetectable viral load. Altogether, the program charts over three decades of AIDS-related video production in the face of the ongoing crisis.
COMPULSIVE PRACTICE is curated by Jean Carlomusto, Alexandra Juhasz, and Hugh Ryan for Visual AIDS. Participating video makers and artists include Juanita Mohammed, Ray Navarro (1964–1990), Nelson Sullivan (1948–1989), the Southern AIDS Living Quilt, James Wentzy, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot, Luna Luis Ortiz, Mark S. King, and Justin B. Terry-Smith.
COMPULSIVE PRACTICE: SCREENING LOCATIONS
New York City, NY
★ New Museum (235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002), December 1, 7pm, screening event followed by a panel discussion featuring Carol Leigh, Luna Luis Ortiz, and James Wentzy, moderated by COMPULSIVE PRACTICE co-curator Jean Carlomusto (website) (facebook)
★ Brooklyn Museum (Sackler Center Forum, 4th Floor; 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238), December 3, 7pm, screening event followed by a panel discussion featuring Justin B. Terry-Smith and Juanita Mohammed, moderated by COMPULSIVE PRACTICE co-curator Alexandra Juhasz (website)
★ The Studio Museum in Harlem (144 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027), December 4, 3pm, screening event as part of the Studio Screen series, followed by a panel discussion featuring Harlem Postcards artist Nayland Blake and COMPULSIVE PRACTICE artist Luna Luis Ortiz, moderated by Vivian Crockett
Whitney Museum of American Art (Susan and John Hess Family Theater, 3rd Floor; 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014), December 1, 10:30am–3pm, looping presentation, free with museum admission (website)
Museum of Arts and Design (6th Floor Project Space, 2 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019) December 1, 10am–9pm, looping presentation, pay–what-you-wish admission after 6pm (website)
BRIC House (647 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11217), December 1, 1–6pm, looping presentations on the Stoop
Parsons School of Design (2 West 13th Street, Entrance Lobby, New York, NY 10011), Thursday December 1, 8am–11pm, looping presentation on two street-level monitors
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU (721 Broadway, NY, NY 10003), December 1, 9am–6pm, looping presentation on 3 screens: 721 Broadway ground floor lobby and Dean's 12th floor reception area, and 665 Broadway on the 6th floor
SAGE Center Harlem (Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center; 127 West 127th Street, New York, NY 10027), December 1, 2–4pm, screening and post-film discussion
SAGE Center Midtown (305 Seventh Avenue, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001), December 1, 6–8pm, screening and post-film discussion
SAGE Center Bronx (Union Community Health Center; 260 East 188th Street, 2nd floor, Bronx, NY 10458), December 2, 1:30–3:30pm, screening and post-film discussion
SAGE-Pride Innovative Senior Center of Staten Island (Pride Center of Staten Island; 25 Victory Boulevard, 3rd floor, Staten Island, NY 10301), December 3, 2–4pm, screening and post-film discussion
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (33 Garden Rd. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504), December 6, 5pm, screening event (website)
Bellingham, WA
Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St. Bellingham, WA 98225), December 1, 6:30pm, screening event as part of The Queens’ Vernacular Series (website)
Boston, MA
25th Annual Medicine Wheel Vigil (Boston Center for the Arts, Cyclorama Building, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116), December 1, 6:30pm, screening event in conjunction with 24 hour vigil (website)
Brunswick, ME
Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Zuckert Classroom; 9400 College St, Brunswick, ME 04011), December 1, 4–5pm followed by a talkback with a Bowdoin Professor
Buffalo, NY
University at Buffalo (SUNY), Center for the Arts (Screening Room; 103 Center for the Arts, Buffalo, Ny 14260), December 1, 6:30–8:30pm, screening event followed by guest speakers program (facebook)
Burien, WA
Scarlet Ibis Gallery (447 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA 98166), December 1, 10am–8pm, looping gallery presentation (website)
Cambridge, MA
Harvard Art Museums (Lightbox Gallery, 5th Floor; 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), December 1, 10am–5pm, looping gallery presentation ( website)
Chicago, IL
Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615), November 30, 6pm, screening event (website)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Sullivan Galleries and ExTV; 33 S. State Street, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603), December 1, 11am–6pm, looping presentation
Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (400 S. Peoria, Chicago, IL 606660), November 30 and December 1, two scheduled presentations of COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, with additional presentations by the PrEP4Love campaign and students in the UIC Gender and Women's Studies Department
International Museum of Surgical Science (1524 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610) December 1, 10am–4pm, looping presentation (website)
Claremont, CA
Pomona College Museum of Art (333 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711), December 1, 5–11pm, screening event in conjunction with World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil at the Claremont Colleges (website)
Colombus, OH
Wexner Center for the Arts (1871 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43210), December 1, 9am–8pm, looping presentation in The Box
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts (2900 W. Berry, Fort Worth, TX 76109), December 1, 5–7pm, screening event (website)
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107), December 1, 11am–1pm, looping presentation in the Modern’s auditorium (website)
Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts (Doolin Gallery, 6101 Bishop Blvd Dallas, TX 75275) December 1, 11am–5pm, looping presentation (website)
Davidson, NC
Davidson College Art Galleries, Biology Department, and Health Center (Alvarez College Union, Room 202; 405 N Main St, Davidson, NC 28035), December 1, 4:30pm, screening event (website)
Durham, NC
The Carrack (947 East Main Street, Durham, NC 27707), December 10, 7pm, screening event with a post-screening spotlight tour of Durham-based artist Tom Whiteside's exhibition W H A T W A S F I L M (website)
Gainesville, FL
Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Gainesville (3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611), December 1, noon screening event. December 8, 6:30 and 7:30pm screening events during the evening event Museum Nights: The New Local
Grand Rapids, MI
Kendall College of Art and Design (Woodbridge N. Ferris Building, Room 217; 17 Pearl Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503), December 1, 11:20am, screening event (website)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery Box (Kastellgatan 10, 411 22 Gothenburg, Sweden), December 1, 5:30–7:30pm (UTC +01:00), screening event (website)
Hartford, CT
Real Art Ways (56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT 06106), December 1st, 2–10pm, looping presentation (website)
Henderson, KY
Henderson County Public Library (101 S Main Street, Henderson, KY), December 1, 6 pm, screening event
Istanbul, Turkey
Space Debris Art (Hoca Tahsin sokak, no:15/1, Karakoy Istanbul, Turkey), December 1, 7pm screening event (website)
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College LGBT Center (953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850), December 1, 12–4pm looping presentation (website)
LGBT Resource Center, Cornell University (Resource Center Lounge in the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, Third Floor, 626 Thurston Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853), December 1, all day looping presentation.
Kettering, OH
Rosewood Arts Centre (2655 Olson Drive, Kettering, OH 45410), Thursday December 1, 9am–9pm, looping gallery presentation (website)
Kutztown, PA
Kutztown University (Old Main, Concourse; 15220 Kutztown Rd, Kutztown, PA 19530), December 1, 10am–4pm, looping presentation
Kutztown University (McFarland Student Union, Room 183; College Blvd, Kutztown, PA 19530), December 1, 11am and 1pm, screening events
Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Ahmanson Auditorium, 250 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012), December 4, 3pm, screening with introduction by Jih-Fei Cheng (Scripps College), co-presented with ONE Archives. Free with museum admission (website)
Loyola Marymount University (Life Sciences Building Auditorium, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045), December 1, noon–6pm, looping presentation
Louisville, KY
Speed Art Museum (Speed Cinema; 2035 S. 3rd Street, Louisville, KY 40208), December 1, 3pm, screening event
Melbourne, Australia
World AIDS Day 2016: Victorian Launch and Community Forum (AMREP Lecture Theatre, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Australia), December 1, 6pm, screening event (website)
Memphis, TN
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (Dorothy K. Hohenberg Auditorium; 1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104), December 1, 10am–4pm, looping presentation (website)
University of Memphis Art and Communication Building (3715 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152-3140), December 1, looped screening on building TV monitors beginning at 9am
Miami, FL
The Fridge Art Fair at Art Basel Miami Beach (The Betsy - South Beach, 1440 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139) December 1, 9am–9pm, looping presentation
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury College Museum of Art (Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field, Middlebury, VT 05753), Friday December 2, 12:15pm, screening followed by a discussion and the chance to visit our exhibition Post Pop: Prints of Keith Haring
Minneapolis, MN
Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota, 333 East River Rd. Minneapolis, MN 55455), December 1, 10am–5pm, looping presentation (website)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2nd Floor College Center; 2501 Stevens Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404), December 1, 12–5pm, looping presentation
Montreal, Quebec
The Moving Image Research Laboratory (Leacock Building Room B46, McGill University; 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal QC H3A 2T5), December 1, 4–5 pm, screening event (map)
Midnight Kitchen Lunch and Learn (William Shatner University Centre, Room 202, McGill University; 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal QC H3A 1Y2). December 2, 12–1:30 pm
New Brunswick, NJ
Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities at Rutgers University (Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854). December 1, 7pm, screening event with a post-screening dialogue (website)
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Newcastle University, Department of Fine Art (King Edward VII Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU), November 30, 5pm, screening event introduced by Dr. Fiona Anderson
New Haven, CT
Yale School of Art (36 Edgewood, Room 204, New Haven, CT 06520), December 1, 7:30pm, screening event
Northampton, MA
Smith College (Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center, Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MA 01063), November 30, 7 pm, screening followed by discussion, co-presented by Smith College VOX: Voices for Choice and Smith College Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Eric Avery: AIDS Work
Orange, CA
Chapman University (Argyros Forum Student Union, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866), December 1, 11am, screening event with reflection and conversation to follow
Peterborough, Ontario
Artspace (Gallery 2; 378 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough, ON K9J 7X6), Thursday December 1, 2016, looping presentation from 12pm-6pm (website)
Philadelphia, PA
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania (118 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104), December 1, 6:30pm, screening with introduction by artist Carolyn Lazard, followed by a conversation with Carolyn and writer and organizer Ted Kerr on the intersecting urgency of representation, culture, and HIV/AIDS-related health services (website)
Pittsburgh, PA
The Andy Warhol Museum (The Warhol Theater; 117 Sandusky St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212), December 1, 10am–5pm, looping presentation (website)
Portland, OR
Portland State University Queer Resource Center (1825 SW Broadway, Ste. 458, Portland, OR 97201), December 1, 5pm, screening event and discussion (website)
Providence, RI
RISD Museum (Metcalf Auditorium, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) December 1, 12pm screening event (website)
San Diego, CA
UC San Diego Price Center Ballroom East (9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093), December 1, 11am–7pm, continuous screening event in conjunction with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (website)
San Diego State Pride Center (Pride Center Library, 5141 Campanile Drive, San Diego CA 92182), December 1, 10am–3pm, looping presentation
Santa Fe, NM
Offroad Productions (2891 Trades West Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507), December 1, 5pm and 7pm; December 3, noon and 2pm, screenings in conjunction with A Day With(out) Art exhibition featuring Michael Free, Fierce Pussy, and others (facebook)
San Francisco, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Screening Room, 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94103), December 1, 4–6pm, looping presentation
SFMOMA’s Open Space (http://openspace.sfmoma.org/), December 1, 10am onwards
San Jose, CA
LGBTQ Youth Space (452 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113), Friday December 2, 7pm, screening event. All South First Friday visitors are welcome to drop-in to the Youth Space for this film screening as well as art pieces created by LGBTQ youth and young adults (website)
São Paulo City, Brazil
Teatro de Contêiner Mungunzá (Rua dos Gusmões, número 43, Santa Efigênia, São Paulo City), December 1, 7pm, screening event hosted by Mexa (website)
St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (Mezzanine; 3750 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108), December 2, 7pm, screening event (website)
Toronto, Ontario
Critical Distance Centre for Curators (180 Shaw Street, Suite 302, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5), December 1, 3pm, screening event and post-screening discussion (website) (facebook)
Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (2200 Parks Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451), December 1, 10am–4pm, looping presentation (website)
Washington, DC
Studio House at Walbridge (3229 Walbridge PL NW, Washington, DC 20010), December 1, 7pm, screening event (facebook)
Wilton Manors, FL
The World AIDS Museum and Educational Center (1201 NE 26th St. Suite 111, Wilton Manors, FL 33305), December 1–4, 12-6pm, looping presentation (website)
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