I almost didn’t make it to the forum. I hesitated at the door and even as I took my seat and waited for the talk to begin I questioned whether hearing stories of such intense pain and pervasive loss were really the best thing for me. But when artist and activist Sur Rodney Sur began to speak, sweeping us into the world of 1980s-90s New York City, I forgot to be afraid. I let the story pull me in and temporarily set aside my self-protective vigilance.Eliza Sprague, on the “NOT OVER: You, Me, Us & AIDS” series that I helped curate at the New School for Quorum Forum 2012. (Full piece HERE.)
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