by Bill
I received a few messages from people, friends who wanted to contribute to the campaign but because of illness or other personal situations could not manage it. Creating this type of project is expensive. I want everyone to get a copy of the book, but it costs money to produce. I asked Kickstarter about a […]
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We’re all set, we crossed our t’s and dotted our i’s and we ready to go! I will be launching the kickstarter campaign for “the AIDS activist project” tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28, at 10 a.m. I’m excited, and a little nervous, to launch this campaign. Most of you know this is the second round at […]
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I attended the Opening Exhibit of “positive/negative: HIV/AIDS” last night at New York University. Seeing work from “the AIDS activist project” included with other artists, such as David Wojnarowicz and Hunter Reynolds, whose work influenced me so much, and who I respect as artists was humbling. Among the works were video clips showing the “Day of Desperation”, when ACT UP took over Grand […]
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I’ve received quite a few emails asking when we would be launching the kickstarter campaign for the book of “the AIDS activist project”. I was aiming for early March, but, obviously that didn’t happen. I have been putting the new team together, and we have been looking at ways of bringing the costs down. Going […]
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Since we did not meet the crowd-funding goal for the project on kickstarter in October, we did not receive any funds for the printing of the book, “the AIDS activist project”. Although this was a huge disappointment, I haven’t given up on publishing this book. I have spent the time since then to meet with everyone involved with […]
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by Bill
Since we started the “Potato Salad Challenge”, we have raised $1264.00!!! We are now at $8,603.00 towards our goal of $47,250.00. We still have a long way to go, $38,647.00. Go to our campaign post on kickstarter by clicking here to help us reach out goal of publishing “the AIDS activist project” We appreciate all […]
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Alan Perlman 3 days ago I’ve known Billy for way longer than either of us would care to consider or admit; since before the AIDS epidemic began to rage. Indeed, I knew Randy whose untimely passing inspired this body of work. He has enumerated many of the material expenses he incurred and these are indeed significant. […]
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We received this message from a contributor to “the AIDS activist project”. It sums up all this project is about and what it is for. “I’m extremely lucky to be a little too young (only a little) to have lost friends to this back in the 1980’s and 1990’s but my heart goes out to […]
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I was interviewed by Julie Davids at thebody.com about “the AIDS activist” project book and the Kickstarter campaign. http://www.thebody.com/content/74960/new-book-to-feature-a-decade-of-early-aids-activis.html It was great to talk about the work with Julie, a fellow AIDS activist. Recalling the times of the AIDS Crisis was sometimes difficult, remembering the people who are not with us now. But, as we […]
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The Kickstarter Camaign to publish “the AIDS activist project” book is underway! From 1989 to 1998 I worked on this project to honor the people who fought the AIDS Crisis. I traveled across the US and around the world to photograph AIDS Activists and collect personal statements. Now, it’s time to complete the project by […]
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We just finished the new version of the website for the AIDS activist project. Come and have a look, leave a comment! Share it with friends, family, close acquaintances, and the person sitting next to you. And don’t forget, the Kickstarter campaign begins Wednesday, September 10th!! Thanks to Gregg Greenwood at DataHarvest for his help […]
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