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SUMMARY:Day With(out) Art: seeds in a dying colony
LOCATION:Cactus Club\, 2496 S Wentworth Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53207
DESCRIPTION:Cactus+ is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) 
 Art 2026 by presenting seeds in a dying colony\, a program of four newly c
 ommissioned videos that move through the afterlives of colonialism and the
  ongoing HIV epidemic. Across fractured histories and landscapes marked by
  extraction\, the works trace how systems of power shape the body\, memory
 \, and experiences of care. We are excited to be hosting this event for th
 e 7th year in a row. The organization was introduced to us by our late and
  beloved friend\, Carl Bogner . In his spirit of collaboration and communi
 ty care we are partnering with Queer Zine Archive Project and Planned Pare
 nthood. ABOUT THE PROGRAM seeds in a dying colony will feature four newly 
 commissioned short videos by artists from across the world: Edgar Hudson (
 Tanzania)\, Bruna Kury and Matheus Mello (Brazil/Spain)\, Sido Lansari (Mo
 rocco/France)\, and Micaela Cyrino (Brazil). The program responds to a mom
 ent marked by deepening neocolonialism and mass desensitization to violent
 \, preventable death\, including recent spikes in HIV cases and deaths. Dr
 iven by cuts to international aid programs like USAID and PEPFAR\, this re
 surgence reveals how access to care remains shaped by broader systems of U
 .S. and Western power that determine whose lives are protected and whose d
 eaths are allowed to pass in silence. seeds in a dying colony is an explor
 ation of how systems organized around abandonment and premature death prod
 uce disconnection from the self and disruptions of memory\, history\, and 
 cultural continuity. At the same time\, movement\, ritual\, and beauty eme
 rge as forms of recalibration\, methods of reclaiming the body and reorien
 ting toward life within conditions designed to constrain it. The title of 
 the program draws from the work of psychiatrist and political philosopher 
 Frantz Fanon\, whose writings on colonial violence and the racialized psyc
 he have been taken up by some AIDS historians and theorists to understand 
 how global health systems\, formed through colonial rule\, ultimately dete
 rmine the order\, quality\, and conditions under which people receive heal
 thcare\, while also overwriting indigenous knowledge of healthy\, embodied
  living. Rather than isolating HIV as a singular issue\, seeds in a dying 
 colony gestures toward the tension between systems of domination that appe
 ar enduring and the latent power and ancestral knowledge that remains in t
 heir undoing. The artists in this program were selected by a jury of filmm
 akers who each selected an artist to mentor through their production proce
 ss. The mentors of the 2026 program include Amil Shivji\, Hiura Fernandes\
 , Ésery Mondesir\, and J Triangular. Cactus+ Our mission is to create an 
 artist-centered model for multimedia arts education and community building
  that champions accessibility\, inclusivity and sustainability.Founded in 
 2022\, Cactus+ is our effort to formalize and broaden the reach of our art
 s education and community building programs including workshops\, youth in
 ternships\, and accessibility initiatives. Visual AIDS Visual AIDS is a Ne
 w York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialo
 gue\, supporting HIV+ artists\, and preserving a legacy\, because AIDS is 
 not over. Queer Zine Archive Project The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP)
  was first launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines 
 and make them available to other queers\, researchers\, historians\, punks
 \, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground quee
 r communities. For more information please visit our main site at QZAP.ORG
  Planned Parenthood WI The mission of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is t
 o empower all individuals to manage their sexual and reproductive health t
 hrough patient services\, education and advocacy. Admission: FREE (All Age
 s).
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