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Creative Producers #BritainWeExist #YouthAfterGrenfell #LondonAIDSVigil #AIDSMemoryUK

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

In London + around the 🌏, HIV stigma - born of ignorance + prejudice, resulting in discrimination + marginalisation - has cost countless lives + made countless others far, far harder.
#ZeroHIVStigmaDay
Help create The AIDS Memorial in London - donate at: https://t.co/S8dQWtyf8V

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

I’m proud that we are helping to fund the first permanent HIV/AIDS memorial in London. It’s a powerful message of solidarity that will help address discrimination and stigma.

Led by @AIDSMemoryUK, the memorial marks a step forward in promoting dignity for all. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay

[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

By remembering the past, we can confront ignorance today.

London’s new HIV/AIDS memorial led by @AIDSMemoryUK and supported by @MayorofLondon will help fight stigma and promote dignity for all.

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/Gu4DNpjtXL

#ZeroHIVStigmaDay

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ The AIDS Memorial in London.

We asked Simon Watney and Michael Morris to share their thoughts on Anya Gallaccio's winning submisison.

You can donate to AIDS Memory UK - and help deliver The AIDS Memorial in London - at: https://t.co/L5lL0Cw0Xk

[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

To be unveiled @Fitzroviachapel at the end of 2027, the memorial will take the form of a felled tree🌲reminding us of our collective mission to end HIV transmissions & stigma.

Part of @mayoroflondon's work on diversity in the public realm ➡️ https://t.co/Kp1MWKVobh
📸: GW

[Guy Duncan @gdaduncan]

Exciting new from @ashkotak https://t.co/Md2vDx6NVm The AIDS Memorial artist has been chosen for the sculpture to be unveiled in London in 2027. #AnyaGallacio #AIDSMemorialLondon

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ The AIDS Memorial in London.

We asked Jonathan Blake and Caroline Guinness to share their thoughts on Anya Gallaccio's winning submisison.

You can donate to AIDS Memory UK - and help deliver The AIDS Memorial in London - at: https://t.co/L5lL0Cw0Xk

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

Artist Anya Gallaccio has been chosen to design London's first permanent Aids memorial - just meters from the site of the UK's first specialist HIV ward, opened by Diana, Princess of Wales.

https://t.co/Uu1V4eysa5

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Coming up around 7.10am, Mark Antony Ward - @Haemosexual - talks to @BBCBreakfast about The AIDS Memorial in London.

#news #today #BBCBreakfast @BBCLondonNews

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Great piece by @Jackguinness in the @EveningStandard:
"Why I'm so proud London's AIDS memorial is being unveiled tomorrow."
Read more: https://t.co/eOdd6Tp0Vx

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

⭕ The fifth artist on our shortlist is Diana Puntar.
⭕ Diana Puntar is a London based artist originally from New York City. Her cross-disciplinary work includes sculpture, installation, drawing, and printmaking.
⭕ Join us at 1.30pm tomorrow for our artist announcement.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

⭕ The fourth artist on our shortlist is Shahpour Pouyan.
⭕ A skilled painter, ceramicist, draftsman, sculptor, and conceptualist, Pouyan makes art that crosses genres, traditions, and cultural borders.
⭕ Join us at 1.30 tmrw, when we'll announce the winning artist.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Creating a new work of public art, and a permanent memorial to those affected by HIV/AIDS, in central London, is a huge undertaking. We asked some of our supporters, advisors and judges, to explain why it's important we deliver The AIDS Memorial in London.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Why do we need an AIDS Memorial in #London?
Director, Writer, Performer + AIDS Memorial judge Neil Bartlett - @NeilVBartlett - shares his thoughts.
Join us on Weds, when we'll reveal the artist who'll create the 1st permanent Memorial in the capital to those affected by HIV/AIDS.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

The 5th artist on our shortlist is Diana Punter.
Puntar's work includes sculpture, installation, drawing and printmaking.

🗓️ On Weds we'll be announcing the #artist that will create the 1st permanent memorial to #HIV/AIDS in #London.

#health
@CubittGallery @ElthamCollegeUK

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

⭕ Why do we need an #AIDS Memorial in #London?
⭕ Professor Jane Anderson CBE, Chair @NAT_AIDS_Trust, Co-Chair @FastTrackCities, shares her thoughts ⬇️
@artinhospitals @londonftci @LDN_Culture

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Why have we chosen Public Art for The AIDS Memorial in #London?
We asked Curator, Writer and Cultural Producer Isabel de Vasconcellos, Artist Rana Begum, and @NAT_AIDS_Trust Chair Prof. Jane Anderson about art as therapy, and conversation-starter.
@RanaBegumStudio @sliverofice

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

"Feel part of this community we're creating. You will learn a lot. We all must."
AIDS Memory UK Artistic Director Ash Kotak discusses why we all need to get involved with The AIDS Memorial in London.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Next week we'll be announcing the #artist that will create The #AIDS Memorial in #London.
So who are are our five shortlisted artists?
Anya Gallaccio is the first to share her thoughts on the Memorial, and her personal creative vision for it.
Watch now ⬇️
#art #sculpture

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

The third of our shortlisted artists is Harold Offeh.
Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice, and a tutor in MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art, @RCA.