Frederick Weston | METAPHORS & THEIR DISTEMPTER (2015)

Frederick Weston performs his poetry during the program METAPHORS & THEIR DISTEMPER at the Whitney Museum of American Art on May 25, 2015.

During the first month of the opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art's new building, Visual AIDS presented METAPHORS & THEIR DISTEMPER, an evening of readings by artists and authors Gregg Bordowitz, Morgan Bassichis, Orlando Ferrand, Park McArthur, Stacy Szymaszek, and Frederick Weston. The evening consisted of readings considering diagnosis, disease, coping and wellness. HIV was a primary focus, yet the theme was inclusive of all ailments, predicaments, and their embodiments in writing.

METAPHORS & THEIR DISTEMPER was coordinated by Gregg Bordowitz, Alex Fialho and Pati Hertling, in conjunction with the inaugural publication of Visual AIDS' DUETS series, Stephen Andrews & Gregg Bordowitz in Conversation (2014), which features a conversation between Gregg Bordowitz and Visual AIDS Artist Member Stephen Andrews.

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