Re: <nettime> Let the Archive Speak

[Ryan Griffis <ryan.griffis@gmail.com>]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Schulman’s book and personal reflections on ACT-UP’s significance, David. It definitely sounds like it’s worth checking out, even if one has read/viewed much of the other accounts of ACT-UP, so I really appreciate your taking the time to post this!
I also wanted to make a plug for another, slightly older (and more academic) book by Debbie Gould - ”Moving Politics” that also focuses on the role of affect in ACT-UP and AIDS activism, just in case others are interested in more reading.
A PDF is even available here:
https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-15_60f0412da8a40_deborah-gould-moving-politics-emotion-and-act-ups-fight-against-aids.pdf
Take care,
Ryan

> On Jul 30, 2021, at 5:00 AM, nettime-l-request@mail.kein.org wrote:
> 
> My interest in this book is partly the result of being part of a group 
> who organised The Sero Positief Bal an HIV AIDS event held in Amsterdam. 
> We invited a number of the individuals featured in the book not only 
> from the New York chapter of ACT UP but from many locations. I later 
> went to New York to assemble ACT UP graphics for a small exhibition at 
> the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It was then that I was able to attend a 
> couple of the legendary Monday evening meetings at Cooper Union. Gregg 
> Bordowitz was moderating with Alexis Dansig. I have never before or 
> since encountered anything that matched the energy and dynamism of those 
> meetings.
> 
> That said the visit of the ACTUPers to our well meaning but flawed event 
> in Amsterdam was not a happy encounter as we were roundly critiqued by 
> ACT UP for our efforts. But the impact of their work and its 
> implications on a number of us was profound.  So much of the above you 
> might recognise in the politics and aesthetics of ?Tactical Media?. It 
> is no coincidence that the first edition of Next 5 Minutes followed a 
> year later.
> 

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