A Day With(out) Art

NYU Tisch School of the Arts is proud to support Day With(out) Art, December 1, 2016. Presented by Visual AIDS, COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, an hour-long, curated video program built from clips from the compulsive, daily, habitual video practices of nine artists and activists who have been deeply impacted by HIV/AIDS, will be shown.

At Tisch, the film will loop continuously from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on three screens: 721 Broadway ground floor lobby and Dean's 12th floor reception area, and 665 Broadway on the 6th floor.

From video diaries to civil disobedience, holiday specials and backstage antics, Betamax to YouTube, COMPULSIVE PRACTICE displays a diversity of artistic approaches, experiences, and expectations.

The compulsive video practices of these artists serve many purposes—cure, treatment, outlet, lament, documentation, communication—and have many tones—obsessive, driven, poetic, neurotic, celebratory.

COMPULSIVE PRACTICE will demonstrate the place of technology, self-expression, critique, and community in the many decades and the many experiences of artists and activists living with AIDS.

COMPULSIVE PRACTICE is curated by Jean Carlomusto, Alexandra Juhasz, and Hugh Ryan. Participating video makers and artists include James Wentzy, Nelson Sullivan (1948-1989), Ray Navarro (1964-1990), Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot, Juanita Mohammed, Luna Luis Ortiz, Mark S. King, Justin B. Terry-Smith, and the Southern AIDS Living Quilt.