December 1st marks the 25th anniversary of Day With(out) Art, a program initiated by Visual AIDS in 1989 as a day of action and remembrance within the art world in response to the AIDS crisis.  This year the organization has commissioned videos by seven artists and collectives (Rhys Ernst, Glen Fogel, Lyle Ashton Harris, Hi Tiger, Tom Kalin, My Barbarian, and Julie Tolentino) that reflect on both personal and public narratives around the ongoing pandemic. The seven works in ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS will be screened at approximately fifty international venues this week, including discussions with several of the artists at the New Museum, the School of Visual Arts, and the Studio Museum Harlem in New York. Above is My Barbarian’s new video performance, Counterpublicity, which is based on an essay about Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and star of the Real World: San Francisco, written by the queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz. Take time to join the dialogue and find a screening near you.

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