ARTHI 6C Study Guide - Final Guide: Act Up, Heterosexuality
THE AIDS CRISIS
●Ronald R. president-conservative-against beliefs if they talk about homosexuality
●Stonewall Riot-rioting about AIDS,
●Gran Fury, Silence=Death, 1988; graphic design slogan & Gran Fury, Kissing Doesn’t Kill
○People didn’t understand how AIDS was contracted
●Heteronormative: a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual
orientation
●Felix Gonzalez-Torres
○Takes language of minimalism
○Lover of dying of AIDS
○Candy piece, installation fades away, metaphor of how his partner would die of AIDS,
the artist also died of AIDS
●DAY OF DESPERATION: Grand Central Station-”ONE AIDS DEATH EVERY 8 MINS
●ACT UP
○Originates in NY
○Collective practice: a group of artists working together to generate artworks, activist
banners. Names are often not individually credited.
●Agit-Prop
○Agitation-Propaganda
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Document Summary
Ronald r. president-conservative-against beliefs if they talk about homosexuality. Gran fury, silence=death, 1988; graphic design slogan & gran fury, kissing doesn"t kill. People didn"t understand how aids was contracted. Heteronormative: a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation. Candy piece, installation fades away, metaphor of how his partner would die of aids, the artist also died of aids. Day of desperation: grand central station- one aids death every 8 mins. Collective practice: a group of artists working together to generate artworks, activist banners. Ideas or statements that are utilized in order to help a cause. Creating consciousness about and bringing awareness to a particular social issue. Political propaganda proclaimed formally and chiefly in literature, drama, music ,art. An artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Sometimes an adjective describes medium: sculptural installation, photographic installation, public art installation.
