David Michael Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene.
Weight of the Earth
Weight of the Earth
Synopsis
Explore the intimate audio journals of artist and activist David Wojnarowicz, recorded during the height of the AIDS epidemic. These raw transcripts document his real-time thoughts, from frustrations with the art world to his rage, fear, and confusion surrounding an HIV diagnosis. Spanning solitary road trips and quiet moments in his New York loft, this volume offers a powerful, unvarnished look at an artist confronting mortality.
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Weight of the EarthUnknown, 2018
184 pages
MIT PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781635900170
