PBS's LGBT series In The Life produced a really interesting discussion of the Smithsonian Institute's groundbreaking exhibit Hide/Seek. The segment helped me understand the context that inspired the Smithsonian to put the exhibition together in the first place.
Controversy erupted recently surrounding the removal of David Wojnarowicz's video installation, "A Fire in My Belly," from the National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek show at the Smithsonian. The video, which represents the artist's anger as he faced death from AIDS ignited outrage among conservative lawmakers and religious leaders. READ MORE
Fire in My Belly was recently screened here in Ottawa:
About 100 people took in A Fire In My Belly by David Wojnarowicz during three successive screenings in the single-room exhibition space of Bank St's Gallery 101 on Saturday night. Two screenings were originally planned, but organizers added a third due to demand. Most people had come out to see for themselves what was creating so much controversy but couldn't understand what caused the United State's most well-known museum to remove the film.
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The film was subsequently purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. READ MORE
Read my previous post about the show.
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