Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism
Summary
A new exhibition called Tenderness and Rage at the Wellcome Collection in London shows how groups affected by HIV found strength and comfort through activism and support. It features stories, photos, and art from the 1990s AIDS crisis, highlighting safe spaces, protests, and personal care for people living with HIV.Key Facts
- Tenderness and Rage is an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London about HIV/AIDS activism.
- It highlights how gay men, women of color, refugees, and others affected by HIV found power and support.
- The exhibition includes a documentary about the Landmark, a drop-in center that offered safety and community for people with HIV in south London.
- A former Landmark user described the center as a safe place where people did not have to hide their HIV status.
- The show covers Act UP’s campaign to reduce the high price of AZT, the first effective HIV drug, which was initially very expensive.
- Activists bought shares in the drug company to challenge its pricing and pushed for price cuts.
- Photographer Gideon Mendel’s series The Ward shows intimate care and support for HIV-positive men in a hospital, humanizing patients during a time of stigma.
- The exhibition reveals both the pain and the support networks that helped people with HIV survive and protest injustice.
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