Journal

Visual AIDS publishes essays, interviews, and other writing related to HIV-positive artists and broader cultural histories of HIV and AIDS.

August 8, 2024
Theodore Kerr

Don’t Mourn Consecrate: Talking about Juan González’s historic public art

On October 19, 2023, Theodore Kerr, Leah Sweet, and Nicholas Martin hosted a long table discussion about Juan González’s 1987 installation 'Don’t Mourn Consecrate.' Installed in the storefront windows of the Grey Art Gallery, 'Don’t Mourn' was one of the first public artworks to engage with the AIDS crisis in the US. This transcript documents the discussion, including remarks from six invited presenters as well as audience responses.
August 1, 2024
Teo Pfahler

Pandemic Publications: On AIDS, COVID, and Books

Matteo Pfahler reflects on Pandemics + Books: Publishing HIV/AIDS in the Early COVID Era, an online event from October 2023 that invited authors of HIV-related books with early COVID publication dates to come together and discuss their work, the power of history, and pandemic grief.
June 27, 2024
Theodore Kerr

Public Garden, 16 Commerce Street: Anthony Pellino and his 1983 plan for an AIDS Memorial

Theodore Kerr interviews designer Anthony Pellino about Public Garden, 16 Commerce Street, a park proposal he created as a student at The New School in 1983 that was designed to serve, in part, as an AIDS memorial—currently the earliest known plan for an AIDS memorial in the world.
June 27, 2024
Theodore Kerr

Community Knowledge Practice: A Portfolio

Guest editor Theodore Kerr presents a portfolio documenting three recent examples of community knowledge practice—conversations that reshape historical narratives by leveling the playing field between scholars, community members, and knowledge bearers.
April 26, 2024
Ariel Goldberg

If the whole world is (still) watching...

Ariel Goldberg reflects on a demonstration organized by Jewish Voice for Peace at Grand Central Station in 2023, a direct citation of ACT UP’s 1991 demonstration in the same location. Goldberg considers the central role of images for both organizations, not only as a tactic to interrupt news media, but also as a tool to inspire, mobilize, and share knowledge across generations and movements.

Announcements

Friday August 16, 2024

Introducing our 2024 Research Fellows

Tuesday June 25, 2024

Walker Reader: Because AIDS Is Not Over

Wednesday May 29, 2024

Call for Video Proposals: Day With(out) Art 2025

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