Screening | Everyone I Know is Sick
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
The MCA is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability.
The program features newly commissioned work by Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil), Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines), Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA), and Kurt Weston (USA).
Inspired by a statement from Cyrée Jarelle Johnson in the book Black Futures, Everyone I Know Is Sick examines how our society excludes disabled and sick people by upholding a false dichotomy of health and sickness. Inviting us to understand disability as a common experience rather than an exception to the norm, the program highlights a range of experiences spanning HIV, COVID, mental health, and aging. The commissioned artists foreground the knowledge and expertise of disabled and sick people in a world still grappling with multiple ongoing pandemics.
Closed Captioning is provided for this screening.
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Tags: Ananias P. Soria, Beau Gomez, Chicago, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Dolissa Medina, Dorothy Cheung, Everyone I Know is Sick, Hiura Fernandes, Kurt Weston, Lili Nascimento, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Near North Side
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