Deregulating Identity: Video and AIDS Activism
Mirror Machine and Identity, 1995, pp. 227-237
Toronto: YYZ Books, 1995
In this 1995 article the author explores the aesthetics of engagement in AIDS activism videos. The meanings of AIDS as they are constantly produced and changing, constitute as much a site for struggle for AIDS activists as the daily battle around access to treatment and civil liberties.
ITEM 1995.088 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Another Love Story:Women and AIDS – Gabrielle Micaleff, Debbie Douglas
Nipo 'Apinewin – Anishabie Health Toronto
The Cause of AIDS-Fact and Speculation – Coleman Jones
Bolo!Bolo! – Gita Saxena, Ian Rashid
Person Livid with AIDS – Michael Smith
The Colour of Immunity – Grace W. Lawrence, The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention
Fighting Chance:Gay Asians and AIDS – Richard Fung
The Medicine Show – Gregory White, James McSwain
AIDS:A Family Affair – Marc Berube, Steve Walker
The Great AZT Debate – John Greyson, Michael Balser