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For Day With(out) Art 2023, Visual AIDS presents Everyone I Know Is Sick, five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability to mark WORLD AIDS DAY December 1st.

The program features newly commissioned short videos by artists working across the world:

Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong)
Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil)
Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines)
Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA)
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.

The artists in this year’s program were selected through an open-call process juried by writer Kimberly Drew and artists Marguerite Van Cook, Charan Singh, and Pato Hebert.

New York City Premiere
Whitney Museum of American Art
Thurs November 30, 7pm
Followed by a conversation with Dorothy Cheung, Beau Gomez, Lili Nascimento, and Hiura Fernandes. Presented in collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem
Free with RSVP

Los Angeles Premiere
The LGBT Center, Renberg Theatre
Mon December 4, 7pm
Followed by a conversation with Dolissa Medina, Ananias P. Soria, and Kurt Weston.
Free with RSVP

Over 100 museums, universities, and other organizations will present Everyone I Know Is Sickon or around December 1, World AIDS Day.
See the full list of partners to find a screening near you.

The videos will also be available to view online at visualaids.org/dwa2023 beginning December 1, 2023