In 1989, Vittorio Scarpati (1953–1989) produced a suite of intricate and expressive drawings while hospitalized at Cabrini Medical Center. The drawings were exhibited the same year in exhibitions organized by his wife, Cookie Mueller, at 56 Bleecker Gallery and his friend, Nan Goldin, at Artists Space. Michele Bertolino reflects on the euphoric undercurrent that shines through Scarpati's work.

Research Fellow Jorge Bordello presents the work of Mexican artist Sergio Hernández Francés (1964-1995), who worked across multimedia theater, performance and video. Connecting his early work as an actor and his collaborations with the rock band Santa Sabina to his later experimental video work, Bordello illuminates Sergio’s wide-ranging influence on Mexican cultural history—from the ‘rock en tu idioma’ movement, Mexican video art, and literature.

On the 30th anniversary of her passing, Visual AIDS Research Fellow Avik Sarkar discusses the life and work of Miss Kitty Litter Green (1962-1995), a trans feminine and gender nonconforming visual and performance artist. Through interviews, archival materials, and close readings of her artwork, Sarkar pieces together a comprehensive portrait of Miss Kitty's irreverent, excessive, and radically empathetic creative practice.

João Eduardo Peçanha de Freitas presents the work of Brazilian artist, Rafael França (1957-1991), who co-founded the artist collective 3NÓS3 and whose practice in the 1980s ushered in a new era of video art in Brazil. He highlights how the legacy of França's work "continues to resonate in our current age of digital personas and fluid identities, offering prescient insights into the fragmented nature of contemporary existence."