London’s new Aids monument is long overdue, now they have to get it right
There is a lot for an artist to think about here before accepting the responsibility of the memorial commission. Impermanent monuments, particularly the Aids quilt, a patchwork of blankets to friends passed laid out in front of the White House, or the Red, Hot and Blue tribute record, of artists covering Noël Coward songs, have become imperceptibly immortal. The Aids Memorial Instagram portal, a digital render of the quilt idea, is one of the singular cases for the defence of social media. The artwork and literature of Derek Jarman. The songs of John Grant. Popular films, including Oscar winners by Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia), Robin Campillo (120 BPM) and David France (How to Survive a Plague) have set in stone certain angles of the story. Source link