Basic Questions for NYU Steinhardt Gallery Staff

1. Could you tell me about your training? Were you formally trained in graphic arts?

2. How much do you value your professional training, as opposed to experiential learning?

3. Do you have artistic influences?

4. How did you come to learn about the AIDS epidemic? Were you familiar with ACT UP before preparing the exhibition?

5. What was your first exposure to Gran Fury? What were your initial impressions of their work?

6. Could you describe your initial meetings with Michael Cohen and the collective? With whom did you work most closely?

7. How did you begin to plan the exhibition and re-create selected content? What was your attitude towards the digital re-creation of a large portion of the show?

8. Were the choices of what works to use contingent upon the ease of the project or availability of the images?

9. Could you describe the general preparation process and any "making" details?

10. Do you have any fun anecdotes to share?

11. What were your biggest challenges?

12. What were, in your opinion, the strengths and weaknesses of the exhibition?

13. Do you think the pieces remain relevant today? How so, or not?

14. Does the difference in "making" change the meaning or nature of the pieces?

15. How do you think the legacy of the collective and the art will continue to transform?

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