Join us on Friday, December 1, 2023 of in-person hour-long film screenings at CUNY SLU beging at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Popcorn and refreshments will be served.
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
25 West 43rd Street, 18th floor, New York, NY 10036 (map)
* FREE and OPEN to the public. No registration needed *
The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) is proud to partner with the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium and Visual AIDS for the Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five short films 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).
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.
Also, we invite you to join us on Wed. December 13, when SLU will host a related Day With(out) Art 2023 event — a virtual conversation with artists and activists Pato Herbert and aAliy A. Muhammad titled “The Role of Artists in Justice Movements.” For more information and to register for this Zoom program, visit: slucuny.swoogo.com/13December2023
Hosted by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. Presented in collaboration with Visual AIDS.
Image: Hiura Fernandes and Lili Nascimento, Aquela criança com AID$ (That Child with AID$), 2023. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Everyone I Know Is Sick
About the program:
These programs are organized by the Murphy Institute and Student & Community Affairs at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and made possible through the generous support of LaGuardia Community College and the New York City Council LGBT and Queer Caucus.
Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.