200mm3 at Positive Still: Artists Respond to AIDS

New Media Project, 200mm3, uses commercial barcode technology and digital video to explore stories about HIV/AIDS in local communities is featured in exhibition Positive Still: Artists Respond to AIDS.

When: Saturday, December 8, 5:30 - 7:00 PM (Artist Talk)
Where: Manhattan WCO Gallery, 19 W 26 Street, 5th Floor
Admissions FREE !

As part of the exhibition Positive Still: Artists Respond to AIDS, New Media Artist, Hector Canonge, talks about his work with people affected by HIV/AIDS, discusses the production of his interactive installation 200mm3, and shares his experiences in promoting AIDS awareness in Queens and NYC in general.

200mm3 is a New Media Interactive Installation that presents personal accounts and stories of people living with HIV/AIDS. Through the use of hand-held scanners, barcode labels, and laboratory equipment, audiences actively discover narratives about the lives, experiences, challenges, memories, and hopes of a group of women, men, and youth affected by the AIDS pandemic. In addition to present stories about the "diseased," 200mm3 reflects on the city's socio-economic, ethnic, gender, racial and educational factors that are unraveled through the intimate portraits featured in the piece.

The panel also includes the presence of Cuban filmmaker, Ivan Arocha; Ashley Grosso of the AIDS Museum, and curator Jorge Daniel Veneciano of Rutgers University. A Closing Reception from 7 to 8 pm will follow the talk.

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More information or contact the artist: http://www.hectorcanonge.net