Dispatches From Toronto:
The closing day of the AIDS conference, when delegates were celebrating their accomplishments over the past two years and renewing their pledge to bring an end to the HIV pandemic, brought news of the arrest of prominent AIDS activist Zackie...
Posted on August 18, 2006 1:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Condoms are part of the fabric of Adriana Bentin's life. The 35-year-old artist has been working with them as a raw material for 10 years, and her most recent creation is a line of woman's dresses entirely crafted from...
Posted on August 17, 2006 4:31 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
photo by David Topping When I walked past General Idea's AIDS sculpture on Saturday, I wondered if Torontonians would have the guts to graffiti it. Some of the messages from previous showings remained, but not many. For the past few...
Posted on August 17, 2006 11:23 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Looking southward from the convention center, delegates can see this public art work. It's one of the few indications in the downtown core that the conference is underway. Looking down into the media center, where upward of 2,500 journalists...
Posted on August 15, 2006 6:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today's press conferences began at 8 a.m. and didn't end until 6 p.m. when Richard Gere left the room. The same thing will happen tomorrow and the day after that, and so on until the end of the week. But...
Posted on August 14, 2006 5:36 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There is a smattering of AIDS art throughout the city in honor of the conference. On my way downtown on Saturday, I stopped by the corner of Bay and Bloor, where AIDS, the 1989 sculpture created by the Canadian artist...
Posted on August 14, 2006 1:12 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Most days, the Rogers Centre is a venue for football or baseball, but tonight planted squarely over home base, some of the world's HIV/AIDS leaders called for the end of stigma and discrimination and a renewed push in the development...
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Posted on August 13, 2006 11:48 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
At tonight's opening ceremony, I wasn't sitting in the midfield, gazing up through the stadium's retractable roof at the Perseids meteor shower. Nonetheless, I was treated to a spectacle against the backdrop of a four-story high red ribbon. The event...
Posted on August 13, 2006 10:07 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Two hours after the doors for the AIDS 2006 conference opened, the line up of delegates continues to grow. Past the foot of the CN Tower, around several corners, down a set of concrete stairs and along Front Street. Students...
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Posted on August 12, 2006 5:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A blog about the 16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006.
