Silence = death : vote.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Silence = Death Project, creator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1988--Posters.

Presidents.

AIDS (Disease)--Posters.

AIDS (Disease).

Genre:

posters.

Posters.

Physical Description:

1 print : offset lithograph ; sheet 84 x 54.5 cm (poster format)

1 flat file folder (2.8 linear feet)

Production:

[New York]: Silence = Death Project, 1988

Other Title:

Silence equals death : vote

Summary:

VOTE represents a downward facing American flag overlayed with a pink triangle.

Notes:

The poster was designed in 1988 to encourage participation in the US presidential election and raise awareness about the presidential candidates's approaches to combat the AIDS epidemic. The pink triangle was used in Nazi Germany to identify LGBTQ people and later was reclaimed as a sign of support. The Silence=Death Project was the work of a six-person collective in New York City: Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Soccarás.

"The issue is AIDS ... where do the candidates stand on treatment research, housing, healthcare, discrimination! Your vote is a weapon... use it ... we are at war."

Local Notes:

RA643.751 S55 1988: Purchased for the Penn Libraries from Fugitive Materials in 20253.

OCLC:

1423488946