Adrian Apollo, Week 2 Exhibition Plan, Source #2





Research into A Day Without Art, Red Ribbon Project, and Visual Aids: 

A Day With(out) Art notes:

  • https://visualaids.org/projects/day-without-art 

  • A Day of Action and Mourning in Response to the AIDS Crisis, December 1st, A Day Without Art

  • 1989, Response to AIDs crisis worsening, coinciding with World Heath Organization’s second annual World AIDs Day on December 1st, Visual AIDs organized first national Day without ARt

  • Curators, writers, and art professionals call for moruning and action in response to crisis, celebrate lives and acheivments of lost colleagues and friends, encourage care and action for AIDS victims, educate the public, find a cure, 

  • More than 800 art organizations, museums, and galleries throughout U.S. participated

  • Shroud works of art and replace them with information about HIV and safer sex, lock doors, dim lights 

  • Produce exhibitions, programs, readings, memorials, rituals, and perfromances

  • Visual AIDS coordinated this netwrok mega-event, by producing poster, promotion and press relations

  • A Night Without Light, dimming of NY skylight, 

  • The Electric Blanket, nationwide outdoor slide projection with text and images

  • Positive Actions, exhibition competition for a television PSA held simultaneously in three NYC venues 

  • The Broadside Project, distribution of copyright free text and images by well known artists targeted to specific audiences, media collaborations, AIDS timeline by Group Material, national televised events 

  • Robert Fayer’s every 10 minutes

  • 800 participants around world 

  • 1998: 10th iteration, Day With(out) Art, highlight ongoing inclusion of art projects focused on AIDS pandemic, encourage programming by artists living with HIV or AIDS

  • 2010: Visual AIds worked with artists and filmamkers to distribute vdieos to museums, art institutions, schools, and AIDS organizations, 25th anniversary in 2014, distributed ALTERNATE ENDINGS, program of commissioned videos by seven artists and collectives, screened internationally, always commission and distrubute a video every year for Day With(out) Art, screenings at over 100 venues around the world  



The Red Ribbon Project notes:

  • https://visualaids.org/projects/the-red-ribbon-project

  • 1991, group of artists came together to create meaningful symbol at heights of AIDS crisis, show support and compassion for those with AIDS and their caregivers

  • Artists were part of the Visual AIDs Artist’s Caucus, “The Ribbon Project”, the Red Ribbon

  • Series of meetings April to May 1991, yellow ribbons as inspiration, color red chosen for its connectction to blood and the idea of passion, not anger, love 

  • Ribbon selected because it was easy to recreate and wear, instructions to cut red ribbon in 6 inch length, fold at top into inverted V shape, use a safety pin to attatch to clothing 

  • Ribbon bees, create ribbons, gatherings, Artists Caucus members, friends, supporters, cut fold and pin ribbons, national distribution, Armory Ribbon Bee Project when quantity increased and larger production means was needed, larger group, organized by Hope Sandow and Frank Moore, homeless women at the Park Avenue shelter paid weekly to make tens of thousands of ribbons 

  • Visual AIDS partnered with Broadway Cares and Equity Fights AIDS, June 1991 45th Annual Tony Awards, communicate the extent that this epidemic was affecting member of their own community (artists, performers, etc) 

  • Jeremy Irons wore Red Ribbon, quickly renowned as International Symbol of AIDS awareness, worn at Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, celebtrities, musicians, athletes, artists, politicians have all worn ribbon on talk shows, TV programs, movies, political conventions, sporting events, and music videos

  • AIDS awareness, design icon, led the way for other ribbons and awareness projects 

  • Originally evolved as an artists and activist project

  • Never been copyrighted in the United States, allow it to be worn widely as a symbol in the fight against AIDS

  • Important to remain anonymous as individuals, credit Visual AIDS caucus as a whole in creation of the Red Ribbon Project, dont list anyindividual creator of the project

  • Keep image copyright free so no individual or corporation would profit from the use of the ribbon

  • Use ribbon as consiousness raising symbol, not a commercial or trademark tool

  • First awareness ribbon later followed by other colors and causes

  • In 1993 a 29¢ Red Ribbon stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service. 

  • The Red Ribbon was honored by the CFDA in 1992 for its design and iconic power.

  •  In 1997, the Red Ribbon was included in the exhibition "Design for Life" at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and "Humble Masterpieces" at Museum of Modern Art. 

  • In 2015 the Red Ribbon became part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art.

Visual AIDS notes:

  • https://visualaids.org/about-us

  • Utilize art to fight AIDS, provoke dialogue, support HIV+ artists and preserve a legacy

  • Founded in 1988, only contemporary arts organization full committed to raising AIDS awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today, producing and presenting visual arts projects, exhibitions, public forums, and publications

  • Assist artists living with HIV/AIDS, preserve and honor work of artists with HIV/AIDS and the artistic contributions of the AIDS movement 

  • Advocacy addresses underlying and related issues contributing and exacerbating the pandemic, poverty, racism, homophobia

  • Affirm that visibility, dignity, and rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, harm reduction, guided by science not ideology

  • Red Ribbon Porject, A Day With(out) Art

  • Art that is public, inclusive, accesible

  • Art that takes risks, promotes and encourages reflection, dialogue, and action, art as catalyst for public response 

  • Contemporary art exhibitions, artists projects, public events, publications, catalogues, printed matter, year round collaborations with teachers and students to facilitate research and special projects

  • Artists projects: contemporary art practices, produce and distribute free artist designed AIDS awareness projects, posters, stickers, safer sex kits, tote bags, etc like red ribbon project

  • Exhbitions: critical and audience acclaim, Day With(out) Art programs, deep cultural history of AIDS activism, examine relationship between HIV and contemporary culture

  • Publications: echibition catalogues, art publications, artists, writers, activists in dialogue, monographs on under recognized artists to preserve work that might be lost

  • Public programs: artist talks, film screenings, panels, public programs, create environments to shape relevant and responsive conversations, build partnerships, engage in diverse communities

  • Artist+Registry, Archive Project, database and registry of works by artists with HIV/AIDS, public resource to educate, inspire ehibitions and programs, build by educators and students, founded in 1994 to preserve work

  • Online registry formed in 2012, digitized version of slides in original Archive project, new works as well

  • Expose works to larger audiences, legacy for those who we lost to AIDS

  • Artist Material Grants 

  • Founded by art critic and writer Robert Atkins, curators Gary Garrels, Thomas Sokolowski and William Olander

  • First organization to record impact of AIDS pandemic on artist community

  • Archive project cofounded by David Hirsch and Frank Moore in 1994, repsonse to concern about loss and destruction of work by artists who died from AIDS, document their workand preserve cultural legacy

Visual Media to Utilize:

  • Images of day with(out) art exhibits, red ribbon project, and visual aids printed media

  • See if any of these projects or organizations have quilt squares, show how when you search up a square it is highlighted on the “map” with a red ribbon

How will this be displayed?/Key Points of Information for this Week:

I think it would be helpful to open up the exhibit with a portrayal of activist efforts, and other projects that brought awareness to the AIDS pandemic. Displaying the turmoil and active fight for care and assistance will help us transition into asking ourselves a few questions. How can one heal from this extensive amount of trauma? What is the best way to memorialize the great loss suffered by this epidemic? With these questions in mind, we will be able to highlight the aspects of the quilt that helped bring awareness to the crisis. Along with this, we can observe how the quilt helped many people heal from this great tragedy. Loved ones of those lost from AIDS, patients themselves, and caretakers of those with AIDS were able to come together and create a memorial that would honor those lost to AIDS, and bring awareness to America of how great of a danger the AIDS crisis was. Action was needed, and this project was able to supplement other projects that brought awareness to the AIDS crisis. 

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