Join us in celebrating what would have been David Wojnarowicz’s 70th birthday
in September 2024 by attending events held by friends of The Foundation.
MoMA
The screening will feature significant film works by David Wojnarowicz including A Fire in My Belly along with a selection of his memorable screen roles, archival rarities, and contemporary works that engage with David’s legacy.
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Still from “Listen to This,” 1992. USA. Directed by Tom Rubnitz with David Wojnarowicz.
Leslie Lohman Museum of Art
Leslie Lohman Museum of Art will host an event honoring David Wojnarowicz 5:30 pm, Friday, September 13, 2024.
“Each and Every Gesture Carries a Reverberation” will feature a presentation of David’s work by artists, curators, writers, scholars, and editors. This will be followed by a performance of ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion) by composer and musician Ben Neill—originally presented in collaboration with David as a live multimedia performance at The Kitchen in 1989. There will also be a brief reception with select works from the Museum’s holdings on display in celebration of David’s legacy.
Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz, 1985
New York AIDS Memorial
The New York AIDS Memorial will hold an event remembering David Wojnarowicz at 5pm Saturday, September 14, 2024.
The David Wojnarowicz Foundation, P·P·O·W, and Visual AIDS have joined NY AIDS Memorial in staging a reading of The Waterfront Journals, a collection of autobiographical fiction inspired by the many people he encountered in his early twenties. The band Rimbaud Hattie—comprised of David former 3 Teens Kill 4 bandmates Doug Bressler and Julie Hair, along with John Kelly—will accompany the readings.
The Memorial will also unveil a park bench dedicated to Wojnarowicz to memorialize his championing of the fight against HIV/AIDS. Following the performances, a candlelit procession will move from the New York City AIDS Memorial to the LGBTQ Memorial in Hudson River Park, symbolically ushering Wojnarowicz’s spirit in communal recognition and celebration.
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David Wojnarowicz at Gracie Mansion Gallery Sofa Show, September 1983. Photo detail copyright and courtesy Andreas Sterzing
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