Silence=Death Project
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Type of project | Political |
Location | New York City, New York |
Founder | Avram Finkelstein, Jorge Socarras, Chris Lione, Charles Kreloff, Oliver Johnston, and Brian Howard |
Country | United States |
Established | 1987 |
The Silence=Death Project, best known for its iconic political poster,[1] was the work of a six-person collective in New York City: Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Soccarás.[2]
Formation
Avram Finkelstein founded the Silence=Death project in 1987 with Jorge Socarras, Chris Lione, Charles Kreloff, Oliver Johnston, and Brian Howard during the
The first printing of the poster contained several errors in the smaller text at the bottom. Two government agencies (the CDC and the FDA) were spelled out as "The Center for Disease Control" as opposed to the "Centers" and it also read "Federal Drug Administration" instead of "Food and Drug Administration". The poster originally hit the streets in mid-March 1987, less than a month before ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was formed. The Collective eventually turned the rights of the poster to ACT UP who reprinted it, first without making any changes, but then reprinted it, again, with the correct names of the government agencies.
ACT UP
The Silence=Death poster was also used by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (
See also
References
- ^ Force, Thessaly La; Lescaze, Zoë; Hass, Nancy; Miller, M. H. (October 15, 2020). "The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II". The New York Times.
- ^ Emmerman, James (July 13, 2016). "After Orlando, the Iconic Silence = Death Image Is Back. Meet One of the Artists Who Created It". Slate.
- ^ Kerr, Theodore (June 20, 2017). "How Six NYC Activists Changed History With 'Silence = Death'". The Village Voice.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ Finkelstein, Avram (November 22, 2013). "Silence Equals Death Poster". New York Public Library.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Silence=Death". ACT UP.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "FOUND: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction". Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2017.