The Show Must Go On: Affective Archives, Autorepresentationand Care Policies in the Cultural Memory of HIV in Valencia
Abstract
The Show Must Go On: 35 Years of HIV and AIDS Activism in ComitéVLC operates as a dispositif of cultural memory, affective archive, and political self-representation. Through a critical reading of its curatorial strategies, visual materials, and historical narratives, the exhibition reconstructs the genealogy of anti-AIDS activism in Valencia from the late 1980s to the present day. The analysis addresses the centrality of community care, cultural production, and visibility politics developed by ComitéVLC in response to stigma and social exclusion. It also examines the role of art, alternative media, and photographic self-representation in the construction of HIV counter-archives. From a queer and intersectional perspective, the exhibition can be understood as a critical intervention against contemporary dynamics of forgetting and the depoliticization of HIV and AIDS.
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