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HIV/AIDS: Activism & Posters

No other crisis in modern American history has had the same visual impact as that of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the myriad posters that were created in its wake. Raw, brutal, harrowing, and direct, these images were a call to action to a society that was ignoring the deaths of countless queer people.

As part of our ongoing Pride Month programming, Poster House is proud to offer a talk between Avram Finkelstein, one of the creators of the iconic Silence=Death poster, and the AIDS historian Ian Bradley-Perrin.

Following a brief historical introduction to the role of posters in HIV/AIDS activism, Avram and Ian will discuss the significance of iconic HIV/AIDS posters, the evolving place of HIV/AIDS iconography in American History, and the place of the HIV/AIDS image canon in our contemporary experience with COVID-19.











When: Mon., Jun. 29, 2020 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Poster House
119 W. 23rd St.
917-722-2439
Price: Free
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No other crisis in modern American history has had the same visual impact as that of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the myriad posters that were created in its wake. Raw, brutal, harrowing, and direct, these images were a call to action to a society that was ignoring the deaths of countless queer people.

As part of our ongoing Pride Month programming, Poster House is proud to offer a talk between Avram Finkelstein, one of the creators of the iconic Silence=Death poster, and the AIDS historian Ian Bradley-Perrin.

Following a brief historical introduction to the role of posters in HIV/AIDS activism, Avram and Ian will discuss the significance of iconic HIV/AIDS posters, the evolving place of HIV/AIDS iconography in American History, and the place of the HIV/AIDS image canon in our contemporary experience with COVID-19.

Buy tickets/get more info now