In this keynote lecture, Visual AIDS Research Fellow Adam Ash Barbu introduces DARC’s
programming for World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art. Highlighting their current research
on the work of artist and activist Hunter Reynolds (1959-2022), Barbu weaves connections
between histories of AIDS cultural production. In dialogue with Reynolds’ practice, Barbu
frames the bed as a surface for healing, self-invention, and community formation in the times of
AIDS.
The lecture will be followed by a premiere screening of five videos commissioned by Visual
AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick. This event is FREE to attend. Registration is not required.
Everyone I Know Is Sick features contributions from artists working across the world:
Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong)
Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil)
Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines)
Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA)
Kurt Weston (USA)
Adam Ash Barbu is a writer, curator, and educator based in Ottawa. They hold an M.A. in Art
History from the University of Toronto and were a recipient of the Middlebook Prize for Young
Canadian Curators. In 2022-23, they were the Guest Scholar-in-Residence at the University of
Ottawa’s Department of Visual Arts. Currently, they work as a Research Fellow at Visual AIDS,
New York. Barbu has lectured on topics in queer theory and curatorial studies locally, nationally,
and internationally.
Image Credit:
Hunter Reynolds, Love Light Bed, n.d.Copyright Estate of Hunter Reynolds
Courtesy of Visual AIDS, the Estate of Hunter Reynolds and P·P·O·W, New York
