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Jun 27, 2022 · The final product, which displayed the words “Silence=Death” combined with an upward-facing pink triangle floating above it, were meant to appear cryptic from a distance—yet still attract ...
Jun 25, 2021 · The Silence = Death Collective designed this poster prior to the formation of the ACT UP organization, but transferred ownership to ACT UP in 1987. / THF179775 Silence = Death The Silence = Death poster has come to symbolize the early fight against the AIDS epidemic. It was borne of deep grief and an unrelenting desire for action.
Jun 29, 2017 · Today, the instantly recognizable symbol is synonymous with AIDS activism, but many people are unfamiliar with how it came to be. In an article for The Village Voice , writer Theodore Kerr caught up with the surviving members of the Silence = Death collective, as the men came to be known, and had them tell the iconic symbol’s origin story.
Dec 1, 2017 · In addition, some levels of meaning would need to be explicit, and others distinctly coded. Like all messages in the public sphere, “Silence = Death” was context driven. The subsequent formation of ACT UP is the primary modifying factor in our understanding of this image, and it can now barely be imagined without it.
- Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein founded the Silence=Death project in 1987 with Jorge Socarras, Chris Lione, Charles Kreloff, Oliver Johnston, and Brian Howard during the AIDS crisis as a consciousness-raising group, [3] and as a means of mutual support. [4] The content of their discussions quickly turned political. Inspired by posters made by the Art Workers ...
Inspired by the posters of the Art Workers Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls (both of whose work is on view nearby), they mobilized to spread the word about the epidemic and created the now-iconic Silence=Death poster featuring the pink triangle as a reference to Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people in the 1930s and 1940s. It became the central visual symbol of AIDS activism after it was adopted ...
The SILENCE=DEATH emblem, adopted that same year by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), was a call to change tactics, since neither silence nor community self-reliance had stopped the deaths. The pink triangle was a symbol of the gay rights movement.
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