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Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick

December 1, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability.

The 45-minute 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.

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.

‍Free with Museum Admission

Details

Date:
December 1, 2023
Time:
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Organizer

Brooks Museum of Art
Phone
901-544-6200
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Venue

Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104 United States
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Phone
901-544-6200
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