AIDS MEMORIAL SCULPTURE

There are few people in our communities who have not lost a dear one to this disease. It is necessary to acknowledge these losses, support the victims as well as the survivors in their griefs, and further sensitize the public to AIDS. These goals can be achieved by creating a public space of beauty, shared grief and at the same time shared joy.

 Find out more about theconcept for the AIDS Memorial Sculpture,which was conceived by a Swiss artist currently residing in San Francisco. She had lost one of her best friends to AIDS. It is her reaction to the loss and to the way society reacts to AIDS and death. After services and funerals people do not seem to share their grief. It is necessary to create spaces where the sharing of wonderful memories as well as of grief become possible. It is also a reaction to being exposed so frequently to different public sculptures, most of them being war memorials or tributes to politicians. There furthermore is a strong hope that the both individuals and communities may have a more immediate role in the creation public art and the making of public spaces. Everyone can affect the world he lives in in a symbolically powerful and an aesthetically pleasing way.

Find out more about the images that are photo-etched on the AIDS Memorial Sculpture and what to do if you want to submit images.

Explore the ways in which you can support the AIDS Memorial Sculpture Project in your city.

Or find out about the idea and how it was realized in the microcosm of a college, how studies on the symbol impacted the small school community.

Visit the AIDS Memorial Sculpture in San Francisco,
AIDS Memorial Sculpture in Santa Monica,
AIDS Memorial Sculpture in Miami,
AIDS Memorial Sculpture in New York, or the
AIDS Memorial Sculpture in Washington, D.C.

We are happy to anounce the completion of the AIDS Memorial Sculpture in some major European cities, making this the a truly international Memorial. Visit theAIDS Memorial Sculpture in Antwerp (Belgium), AIDS Memorial Sculpture in Berlin(Germany) or in AIDS Memorial Sculpture in Paris(France).

Learn about the history of the AIDS Ribbon or connect to other related webpages.
 
 

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The AIDS Memorial Wall at the SFAI in San Francisco

 

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