Hats for Marrows
are a series of sculptures satirising condom fatigue. The mini hats were
knitted by the Walter’s mother and affixed on top of the Styrofoam marrows. It
is intended to be cradled in your arms as you make your way around the
exhibition.
Pill Burden are a
series of pictures reflecting on the decrease on the need of antiretroviral
therapy since the 1990s. At one point, patients had to take up to 40 pills a
day in comparison to today where patients only need to take 1 pill a day to
manage their HIV treatment.
The Inflatable Head
is a take on Walter’s pug virus and
becomes a theme in some of his works across the exhibition in drawings to 3D
prints.
Juliberry’s Grave is
a series of coffins that remember people of cultural significance that have
died of AIDS. It is a way to help send the lost cultural information when they
died into “cultural consciousness”.
Rapid HIV testing carried out by Terrence Higgins Trust are
done in a blue shed that resembles a semi-virus. It’s quick and easy to do with
the results shown directly after getting a spot sample of blood.
Tarot readings are done daily with mine done by the lovely
Sue who took the form of Barbara Truvada. She delves into the depths of the
past, present and future exploring the self, obstacles and how they entwine. My
reading was down to the T with a lot of thought and afterthought to figure it
out. Enlarged version of the tarot cards can be found in the maze.
The Capsid Club contains structures of HIV capsids, which
are the protein shells of viruses.
Video Booth shows
two characters in their respected screens (Goat Guy and Bummy Pete) speaking in
garbled speech as a way of looking at the slang terms used when cruising for
sex. The design reflects the US adult bookstores in which pornographic films
can be simultaneously watched while sex acts are done through glory holes in
booths.
Shrinkies are a
series of miniature drawings that were shrunk using special materials. A
larger-scaled version can be found displayed elsewhere in the maze.
The Big Book, which sadly could not be flipped through, showed
paintings presented as the Alien Sex Club bible, which contained 49 pages on
double-paged spreads.
Two sets of drawings are displayed in the maze which dal
with the language of HIV and architecture, while the second deals with the different
presets that are performed to attain this architecture.
Three videos shown in the maze deals with different sides of
sex and how they relate to HIV. The three videos are Strategic Positioning, Crystal
Dick and Courtship Disorder,
which can be viewed below.
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