Basic Interview Questions for Gran Fury Members:

1. Could you tell me about your artistic training? Do you have a mentor/artistic influences?

2. What was your personal draw to be a part of ACT UP and Gran Fury?

3. What was your specific role in the collective or what tasks were delegated to you?

4. Could you give me a detailed description of how the poster ideas were conceived, designed and produced? For example, did you work with local printers? How was poster wording decided upon? Who made suggestions as to color and format? 

5. Approximately how long did it take to make a poster, from idea conception to finished product?

6. The collective's primary focus has always been to further the work of ACT UP and to address the AIDS crisis; however, the posters/art have come to symbolize this effort. As objects, can you speak to the power of the medium?

7. Do you view these art objects, foremost activist tools, as precious?

8. What was your role in the Steinhardt show?

9. What is your attitude toward the digital re-creation of some of the posters, stickers, newspapers, handouts, etc.? Does the digital recreation change the essence of the work?

10. How would you define the role of these posters today and how do you see them functioning in the future?

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