Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism
A new exhibition titled 'Tenderness and Rage' at the Wellcome Collection in London explores how HIV and AIDS activism combined care and protest to improve the rights and dignity of those affected by the disease. The show features archival photos, a documentary about the Landmark drop-in centre in Tulse Hill, and works like hand-stitched body parts from a workshop for HIV-positive women. It also addresses the Wellcome Trust's controversial history with the drug AZT, including Act UP's campaign to lower its price, and includes Gideon Mendel's iconic series 'The Ward' humanizing gay men with HIV.