View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall THIS WEEKEND ONLY INC. MON 16TH june

A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels that represent 384 people affected by HIV and Aids. will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic.  Different parts of the quilt have been on display before, but its showing at the Tate will be the largest public display since it was seen at Hyde Park Corner in 1994. 

The quilt is one chapter of the largest community art project in the world. Activist Cleve Jones, who worked for gay politician Harvey Milk, is believed to be the brains behind the idea for the US quilt, which originated in 1985. The new exhibition is taking place thanks to author Charlie Porter who told the BBC that he hoped the display would “give people a chance to grieve”.

Tate Modern director Karin Hindsbo said: “The quilt is an incredible feat of creative human expression and I know our visitors will find it a deeply moving experience.” Siobhán Lanigan, from the UK Aids Memorial Quilt Partnership, said the quilt was going on display in the hope of breaking down the stigma still associated with HIV and Aids. “With every viewing, the names and the lives of all the people commemorated, and all those who could not be named, are recognised, celebrated and brought out of the shadow of the stigma,” she said.

 

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Last year President and Dr Biden to marked WORLD AID DAY  with a  ceremony at The White House where the AIDS Memorial Quilt adorned the South Lawn for the first time in 36 years