Recorded on July 23, 2022 in Eric Rhein’s studio, this video features artists José Luis Cortés and Eric Rhein in conversation. Both artists were included in the 1995 exhibition The First 10, which featured works by the first ten artists represented in the Visual AIDS Archive. As long-term HIV/AIDS survivors with a rich mutual history, José and Eric unpack the complexities of their childhoods, their introduction to art-making, living through their HIV-related illnesses and early treatment methods, governmental corruption, and the importance of stewarding a legacy. In an additional video, José and Eric each take a moment to more intimately showcase certain pieces of their work, discuss various ephemera they’ve gathered, and connect with Constantine Jones about the intergenerational differences in experience living with HIV.

Recorded on May 22, 2022, in Curtis Carman’s apartment in New York City, this video pairs visual and drag artist Curtis Carman in conversation with cartoonist and ballroom icon Milton Garcia Ninja. In an emotionally vulnerable and tender exchange, the pair reflects on the cultural impact and overlap of drag / ballroom cultures, the complicated politics of Pride, their unique approaches to living their art in both material and embodied mediums, and more. Additionally, each artist takes a moment to individually showcase some of their artwork and delve deeper into their processes in two shorter videos.

Recorded in Tlaxcala, Mexico, in 2022, by video artists Jorge Bordello and Beto Pérez, this video is a poetic meditation on a range of themes, including masculinity, class, unequal access to medication and care in Mexico, and the importance of making work specifically to uplift and give voice to people living with HIV.