
STONES & WATER WEIGHT
STONES & WATER WEIGHT responds to the need for new interpretations of HIV+ people. Mykki Blanco is portrayed in tasks that test the limits of the body, physical stress, and the boundaries of normative health. STONES & WATER WEIGHT is an exercise in how societies perceive the fragilities of those who survive with the virus. In this era of globalized fitness culture through the use of social media, “looking healthy” matters much more than actually being healthy. Using endurance as the motivation for the performance, the video creates a new perception of HIV+ people as strong and resilient. Research references include the Atlas myth, the god of endurance who holds the earth and the skies over his shoulders, and the neverending climb of Sisyphus. Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2017 as part of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a program of seven videos prioritizing Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett.
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Dec 2017
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- When was STONES & WATER WEIGHT released?
- STONES & WATER WEIGHT was released on 1 December 2017.
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- Who directed STONES & WATER WEIGHT?
- STONES & WATER WEIGHT (2017) was directed by Mykki Blanco.
- How long is STONES & WATER WEIGHT?
- STONES & WATER WEIGHT runs for 7m.












