An editorial EXHIBIT in two materials.
Heavyweight cotton and hand-finished silk. 500 numbered units.
A wardrobe held together by memory, stitched in the language of those still fighting.
MATERIAL WITNESS exists because HIV funding is being quietly hollowed out. ADAP waiting lists are returning. In Texas and Florida — where the gap between need and federal coverage is widest — community organizations are running on emergency budgets. This EXHIBIT is a way to wear that refusal in public.
When you buy a shirt, scarf, or print, you are not acquiring inventory. You are making a direct transfer of money to the people doing the work. $40 of every shirt goes to AIDS Walk South Dallas, Texas Pride Community Foundation, Florida ADAP rapid-response, and World AIDS Day coalitions.
Only 500 units will be made. Each piece is numbered, limited, and made to be carried. Once they are gone, EXHIBIT 01 closes. No re-editions. The object you hold becomes part of the record.
Skip the wardrobe.
Give directly.
Every shirt and scarf supports the long fight against HIV. If you'd rather contribute directly, 100% of your gift to the COMMON HOLD HIV Response Fund routes to rapid-response coalitions on the ground.
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One witness.
OBJECT ONE · The Shirt
Guerre Contre
L'Abandon Du VIH
A heavyweight cotton jersey honoring the long war against HIV. The verso reproduces a 1990 Dallas Morning News masthead; the recto carries the phrase in hand-set type.
- Material
- Heavyweight cotton
- Fit
- Oversized
- Sizes
- XS — XXL
- Edition
- 500 numbered
USD 70
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From the founder
"First they cancel the meetings, then they cancel the funding. Florida cut twelve thousand people from HIV medication access in March. In April, Texas quietly pushed its next advisory meeting a hundred days out."Read the full note
