Everyone I Know Is Sick: New York Premiere

Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick

New York Premiere with Dorothy Cheung, Beau Gomez, Lili Nascimento, and Hiura Fernandes

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Visual AIDS is proud to partner with the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability.

The program features newly commissioned work by Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil), Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines), Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA), and Kurt Weston (USA).

The New York City premiere at The Whitney Museum of American Art will include a post-screening discussion with artists Dorothy Cheung, Beau Gomez, Lili Nascimento, and Hiura Fernandes, moderated by Visual AIDS Artist Engagement and Community Programs Manager Blake Paskal.

Inspired by a statement from Cyrée Jarelle Johnson in the book Black Futures, Everyone I Know Is Sick examines how our society excludes disabled and sick people by upholding a false dichotomy of health and sickness.

Inviting us to understand disability as a common experience rather than an exception to the norm, the program highlights a range of experiences spanning HIV, COVID, mental health, and aging. The commissioned artists foreground the knowledge and expertise of disabled and sick people in a world still grappling with multiple ongoing pandemics.

Note: In order to create a space that is most accessible and welcoming to those in our community who are immunocompromised, face coverings will be required to attend this event. All attendees ages two and older must wear face coverings that cover the nose and mouth.

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