In this episode of Trace Elements, we spend time with Jack Ferver in conversation with host, Jose Solís. Ferver shares stories of how the HIV/AIDS epidemic has influenced their work as both a performer, creator, researcher, and professor. Topics range from the impact of HIV/AIDS on NEA funding, the transference of arts knowledge, and on queer artists broadly. 

Film referenced in the episode - "Nowhere Apparent" commissioned as part of ALL ARTS annual dance film festival, “Past, Present, Future” and available to watch on demand at AllArts.org/PastPresentFuture.

Information on the Culture Wars:

https://blogs.brown.edu/hiaa-1810-s01-fall-2017/files/2017/08/Katz.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-08-op-17769-story.html

https://www.philipyenawine.com/art-social-issues/2020/9/4/art-matters-how-the-culture-wars-changed-america

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