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NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Approval Matrix
New York Magazine’s December 7, 2020 “Approval Matrix” - their deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on taste hierarchies - places the New York City AIDS Memorial’s new program Hear Me in the coveted top-right quadrant - Highbrow and Brilliant.
ARTSPACE MAGAZINE: Red Hot founder John Carlin Talks About AIDS and more
NYCAM Board Member John Carlin discusses the launch of two new t-shirts benefiting the organization.
1010 WINS: ‘Hear Me’ at the New York City AIDS Memorial
Listen to a report on 1010 WINS radio about our new project at the New York City AIDS Memorial featuring an interview with Executive Director Dave Harper
ARTNET NEWS: An Audio History of the AIDS Epidemic Will Play All Month Long in New York to Mark the 40-Year History of the Crisis
David Wojnarowicz and Larry Kramer are among those whose voices can be heard.
6SQFT: NYC AIDS Memorial debuts powerful sound installation for World AIDS Day
The voices of New Yorkers affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic will be heard daily as part of a new program installed in Greenwich Village. In recognition of World AIDS Day on Tuesday, the New York City AIDS Memorial will launch a sound-based installation composed of speeches, poetry, music, and readings of texts related to the history of the epidemic.
NEXT CITY: Audio Installation Makes NYC’s AIDS Memorial ‘Live, Breathe and Feel Alive’
December 1st marks World AIDS Day — and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the NYC AIDS Memorial installed the most ambitious program since the memorial was founded as a grassroots activist advocacy effort in early 2011.
THE GUARDIAN: 'The Aids epidemic is not yet over': inside a project with a vital message
For World Aids Day, a new audio project will play important speeches and clips that catalogue the ongoing fight against HIV/Aids.
UNTAPPED NEW YORK: 13 New Public Art Installations in NYC December 2020
On December 1st, the World AIDS Day, New York City AIDS Memorial is installing Hear Me: Voices of the Epidemic, a daily, hour-long outdoor sound installation composed of historical texts, poetry, speeches, music, and more that capture the history of the AIDS epidemic.
NEW YORK TIMES: New York Today Newsletter
The Times’s Julia Carmel writes: As Manhattan’s streets fall quiet for the winter, a new installation will bring life to the New York City AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village.
HYPERALLERGIC: A Stirring Tribute Honors Voices Lost and Living with HIV/AIDS
"Hear Me" comes at a time when the ability to gather and grieve is as difficult as it is sorely needed. Fittingly, the NYC AIDS Memorial will debut the outdoor, touch-free installation starting December 1, for World AIDS Day.
ARTNET NEWS: 23 Leading Figures in the Art World Share What They’re Grateful for This Thanksgiving
Includes a quote from NYC AIDS Memorial Executive Director Dave Harper.
GAY CITY NEWS: NYC AIDS Memorial Marks World AIDS Day with Audio, Video Projects
The New York City AIDS Memorial is observing World AIDS Day on December 1 with two projects, including a month-long nightly program at the site of the memorial that will also feature a lighting display.
Jenny Holzer x Avant Arte edition to benefit NYC AIDS Memorial
Artist Jenny Holzer and Avant Arte launched a limited edition on July 29, 2020, called URGE AND URGE AND URGE in collaboration with the New York City AIDS Memorial in a campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing fight against AIDS and funds to support the Memorial’s operations and programs.
Larry Kramer (1935-2020)
There are few among us who have, during their time on this earth, dramatically altered the trajectory of history. Larry Kramer was one of those people. Whether as a founder of several influential AIDS service and activist organizations; as a controversial and acerbic author and playwright who kept a sharp, unwavering focus on the lives and deaths
GAY CITY NEWS: Light in the Darkness
On World AIDS Day, the NYC AIDS Memorial launched its Arts and Education Initiative, with an interactive art experience, created in collaboration with artist Jenny Holzer.
DOCUMENT JOURNAL: Jenny Holzer’s powerful AIDS Day performance reminds us to keep fighting
For #LighttheFight, Jenny Holzer lit up New York streets with quotes from activists, writers, and politicians.
WCBS: Solemn Yet Inspired, New York Marks World AIDS Day
New York and the world observed World AIDS Day on Saturday, and for many it was a bittersweet day – one of solemnness and hope.
CURBED: An activist art installation is coming to Manhattan
On World AIDS Day, pop-up installations in New York City will commemorate the fight to end the disease—and the lives lost from it.
NEW YORK TIMES: Jenny Holzer Creates Mobile Exhibition for World AIDS Day
On the first day of December, a fleet of trucks illuminating the words of activists, poets, artists, educators and people living with H.I.V. and AIDS will travel through the city, competing with the billboards, neon and other distractions, in a mobile art exhibition for World AIDS Day.