Premiere: Visual AIDS presents Red Reminds Me… Sun, Dec 1, 2024, 4–6 pm

Premiere: Visual AIDS presents Red Reminds Me…

Sun, Dec 1, 2024
4–6 pm

Red and green event graphic that says Red Reminds Me and DWA 24
Red and green event graphic that says Red Reminds Me and DWA 24

DWA24. Red Reminds Me. Graphic Credit: Visual AIDS

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The Susan and John Hess Family Theater is equipped with an induction loop and infrared assistive listening system. Accessible seating is available.

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Floor 3, Theater

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The Whitney Museum of American Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS and The Studio Museum in Harlem for Day With(out) Art 2024 by presenting Red Reminds Me..., a screening of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.

The program features newly commissioned work by Gian Cruz (Philippines), Milko Delgado (Panama), Imani Harrington (USA), David Oscar Harvey (USA), Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar (Argentina/Colombia), Nixie (Belgium), and Vasilios Papapitsios (USA).

The New York City premiere at the Whitney will include a post-screening discussion with artists Milko Delgado, Imani Harrington, David Oscar Harvey, and Vasilios Papapitsios.

Through the red ribbon and other visuals, HIV and AIDS have been long associated with the color red and its connotations—blood, pain, tragedy, and anger. Red Reminds Me… invites viewers to consider a complex range of images and feelings surrounding HIV, such as eroticism and intimacy, mothering and kinship, luck and chance, and memory and haunting. The commissioned artists deploy parody, melodrama, theater, irony, and horror to build a new vocabulary for representing HIV today.

Visual AIDS is a New York-based nonprofit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy because AIDS is not over. Visual AIDS is a Whitney Education Community Partner.

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

This program contains depictions of sexual activity and drug use. 

This program contains less than two minutes of flashing and strobing effects that should be avoided by people who have photosensitive epilepsy or who may be susceptible to seizures. 

After Red Reminds Me… 

Walk over to the 33rd Annual Out of the Darkness World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil and Gathering at The New York City AIDS Memorial. To commemorate World AIDS Day, the New York City AIDS Memorial will host its annual, free, and public observance featuring two days of programming in collaboration with organizations dedicated to bringing communities together in the fight to end AIDS.

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The New York City AIDS Memorial is a Whitney Education Community Partner.

Accessibility: All Day With(out) Art films are captioned. ASL interpretation and CART closed captioning are available for opening remarks and post screening discussion.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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