In solidarity with the call to action posed by World Aids Day and Day With(out) Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art presents a poetry reading, short film screening, and publication launch on the evening of November 29.

Philadelphia-based poet Gabriel Ojeda-Sague will present a short reading, followed by a screening of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a selection of videos that prioritizes black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic and is curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS. This year’s selection includes seven new videos from artists Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Reina Gossett, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia Labeija, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Brontez Purnell. ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS will also screen continuously in the ICA auditorium on Friday, December 1 from 11AM to 5PM.

This program marks the public launch of a publication featuring work by writers Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, LA Warman, and Savannah Shange and assembled for Day With(out) Art by ICA’s Heather Holmes. The publication addresses—and complicates—questions of (queer) futurity, linearity, and the im/possibilities of historicizing AIDS. It will be free, distributed widely throughout Philadelphia, and available as a print-on-demand PDF on ICA’s website.

This event is free and open to the public; learn more here.