GAYLETTER

A new exhibition presented by Visual Aids is opening this Thursday at La MaMa La Galleria. ‘Ephemera as Evidence,’ which takes its name from an essay written by José Esteban Muñoz in 1996 is curated by Josh Lubin-Levy and Ricardo Montez. The multimedia exhibit contains “visual art, performance, and pedagogical projects that evidence past lives and future possibilities in the work of artists confronting HIV/AIDS.” The exhibition highlights “Rosson Crow’s The Pop Shop (2010) which reorients viewers to Keith Haring’s affective legacy through a dizzying collage of AIDS activist materials; a performance installation by Benjamin Frederickson in which private encounters will be documented live on site with the resulting Polaroids left for public investigation; A selection of works curated by students at the New School for Public Engagement; and a series of performances, events and workshops developed in collaboration with a number of guest curators, thinkers and performers.” Additional artists in the exhibition include D-L Alvarez, Luke Dowd, Tony Just, Kia LaBeija, Kevin McCarty, Jack Smith, Julie Tolentino/Clit Club, and Conrad Ventur.  —Abi