Gregg Bordowitz: Drive
About
The word drive can be used to describe a journey, a campaign, ambition, or sex. It suggests speed, direction, force, and the exertion of coercive pressure. These meanings also describe the MCA's exhibition of Chicago-based video and filmmaker Gregg Bordowitz's work. The exhibition features a gallery installation, screenings of Bordowitz's award-winning documentary Fast Trip, Long Drop (1993), and the Chicago premier of his recently completed sequel Habit (2001). Together, these videos document the evolution of AIDS activism from the streets of New York City in the early 1990s to the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2000. Central to both films is the demand for far wider access to life-saving AIDS drugs and treatments. In addition, Bordowitz will design a citywide poster campaign extending the museum project into the public realm.
Drive is part of a three-year series called Hope=Life: Living in the New Age of AIDS. It is organized by MCA assistant curator Michael Rooks.
Funding
This exhibition is made possible with the generous support of Abbott Laboratories.
Featured images
Installation view, Gregg Bordowitz: Drive, MCA Chicago
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago
Installation view, Gregg Bordowitz: Drive, MCA Chicago
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago
Installation view, Gregg Bordowitz: Drive, MCA Chicago
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago
Installation view, Gregg Bordowitz: Drive, MCA Chicago
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA ChicagoEvents
Opening Night Benefit
Chicago Premier of Habit to benefit AIDS Legal Council of Chicago. Artist in dialogue with critic Douglas Crimp following the screening.
Friday, April 12, 8 pm
MCA members and nonmembers $20
Space is limited. Call 312.397.4010 for tickets.
Global HIV Treatment Access Forum
Tuesday, May 7, 6 pm
At this free public forum, local advocates, activists, and healthcare providers discuss barriers to HIV treatment that people with AIDS face in Chicago. Participants, including Bordowitz, AIDS Legal Council Case Manager Justin Hayford, and others, will also make connections between local concerns and access to treatment on a global scale.
Saturday, April 13
Fast Trip, Long Drop
2:30 pm
Habit
4 pm
Introduced by Gregg Bordowitz
Free with MCA admission
Sunday, April 28
Fast Trip, Long Drop
2:30 pm
Habit
4 pm
Introduced by Gregg Bordowitz
Free with MCA admission
Tuesday, April 30
Fast Trip, Long Drop
6 pm
Habit
7:30 pm
Introduced by Gregg Bordowitz
Free with MCA admission