The International Museum of Surgical Science has assembled a large-scale timeline of HIV/AIDS that charts the intersections of medicine and the social from the first recorded appearance of the disease in 1981 to the Present Day. The Museum opens this exhibit in observation of World AIDS Day / A Day With(out) Art (December 1)
“Then and Now: 35 Years of HIV/AIDS ” will be open to the public throughout December in observation of AIDS Awareness Month. This exhibit corresponds with a number of special programs at the Museum throughout the month of December, including free public film screenings. See details below:
Public Screening: Derek Jarman’s “Blue”
December 15, 2015
6:00PM – 7:30PM
In his final and most daring cinematic statement (a year before his death from AIDS in 1994), Blue lays bare filmmaker Derek Jarman’s physical and spiritual struggle through a rich soundscape of voices and music—set against a pure cobalt screen.
Seating is extremely limited, and provided on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
This event is Free and Open to the Public.
Public Screening: “How to Survive a Plague”
December 1, 2015
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment.
How to Survive a Plague is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and ’90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.
Seating is extremely limited, and provided on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
This exhibit and associated programming is produced with financial support from Gilead Sciences, Inc., and in collaboration with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Conceptual support is provided by AIDS.gov and Visual AIDS.
