ACT UP NEW YORK: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987 – 1993 ACT UP ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, fierce pussy in New York on 09/09/10

ACT UP NEW YORK: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987 — 1993
Date: Thursday, September 9th 2010 – Saturday, October 23rd 2010
Venue: White Columns, 320 West 13th Street

White Columns imports some activism. Originally presented at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, this worthy exhibition put together by curators Helen Molesworth and Claire Grace, traces the history of ACT UP, a pivotal AIDS activism group in the late 1980’s, through its printed and visual media. It will also premiere the ACT UP Oral History Project, a compilation of 100 interviews of surviving members.

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