| Form |
VHS service copies available for viewing in reading room. |
| Summary |
The collection consists of original videotapes and masters of completed works documenting the grassroots response of artists and activists to the AIDS epidemic, 1985-2000. Much of the collection focuses on the protest actions of ACT UP and other activist organizations, including demonstrations and at the White House, Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, City Hall and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, President Bush's home in Maine, and at hospitals and pharmaeutical companies. There is also footage of political funerals and memorials, and planning and training sessions for activists. Also covered are International AIDS Conferences, government hearings, public forums, press conferences, and courtrooms. |
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The collection also includes oral history interviews with the founders and leaders of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and portraits and self-portraits documenting the struggles of people living with AIDS. In the latter category are over 50 camera original tapes made for the film Silverlake Life: The View From Here by Peter Friedman. Finally, the collection includes AIDS education and safe-sex videos, the New York City local access cable television series AIDS Community Television (1993-1994), ACT UP LIVE (1994-1996), GMHC Living With AIDS (1985-1996), and the video compilations shown at the Guggenheim Museum's "Fever In the Archive" exhibition (2000). |
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The collection includes the work of Gregg Bordowitz, Jean Carlomusto, Jay Corcoran, Peter Friedman, Stuart Gaffney, Carl Michael George, Scott Heron, Robert Hilferty, Jim Hubbard, Tom Joslin, Alexandra Juhasz, John R. Killacky, Patrick Moore, Catherine (Saalfield) Gund, Ellen Spiro, Phil Tarley, James Wentzy, Phil Zwickler and others. |
| Access |
VHS service copies must be used in lieu of original videotapes. |
| Terms Of Use |
No tapes may be reproduced without written permission of the videographer. |
| Finding Aids |
Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| Subject |
ACT UP New York (Organization)
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Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
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AIDS (Disease) and the arts -- United States.
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AIDS (Disease) in mass media.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Congresses.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States -- Interviews.
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AIDS activists -- United States.
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Safe sex in AIDS prevention.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings
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| Added Author |
Bordowitz, Gregg.
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Carlomusto, Jean.
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Corcoran, Jay.
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Friedman, Peter.
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Gaffney, Stuart.
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George, Carl Michael.
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Gund, Catherine.
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Heron, Scott.
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Hilferty, Robert.
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Hubbard, Jim, 1951-
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Joslin, Tom.
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Juhasz, Alexandra.
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Killacky, John R.
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Moore, Patrick.
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Spiro, Ellen.
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Tarley, Phil.
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Wentzy, James.
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Zwickler, Phil, 1955-1991.
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ACT UP New York (Organization)
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Alliance for the Arts (New York, N.Y.)
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Estate Project for Artists with AIDS.
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Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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ACT UP Live (Television program)
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AIDS Community Television (Television program)
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Living with AIDS (Television program)
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| Call No. |
MssCol 3622
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 3622
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