245 Wilson St
Eveleigh NSW 2015
Australia
Acacia Quartet and I appear in a panel discussion and performance for the 2018 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
http://www.mardigras.org.au/events/activism-and-radicalism-from-the-aids-crisis-to-today
Inspired by the stories told in the film BPM (Beats Per Minute) by Robin Campillo,
Moderated by Nell Schofield, with panelists Philippe Mangeot, Maxime Forest, Bridget Haire and Lyle Chan, and musical performance by the Acacia Quartet.
When the AIDS crisis hit, LGBTQI communities around the world were changed forever. Groups like ActUp! mobilized themselves with radical tactics to fight for our lives against hostile attitudes and governments. This panel will bring together Australian and French perspectives on the AIDS crisis, and how the lasting effects of AIDS activism is still felt today in fighting for the rights of all LGBTQI people.
This panel will feature the co-screenwriter of BPM (Beats Per Minute) Philippe Mangeot sharing some key scenes from the film and recounting his own experience as President of ActUp! Paris in the 90s.
The Acacia Quartet will also feature and perform live, playing an excerpt of Lyle Chan’s work, the AIDS Memoir Quartet, a musical reflection on Chan’s experience as an activist during the crisis.
