July / August 2007
The Art of Activism
by Kellee Terrell
This summer, the bravery and tenacity that ACT UP Los Angeles has demonstrated over the past 20 years will be on display in a new exhibit, Silence = Death: Los Angeles AIDS Activism 1987–2007. In 25 stark black-and-white photos, ACT UP LA member Chuck Stallard captures the organization as it fights the powers that be with guerrilla activism and catchy slogans.
“I hope [the photos] send some very necessary information to people who are going to face the next great life-or-death protest struggles against a government which refuses to listen in time,“ says show curator Stuart Timmons.
The images make a rowdy argument that anger can be beautiful. For more info, visit www.drkrm.com.
