Honour the life of Joe Rose with AR
Joe Rose was a ÆßÐDzʿª½± nursing student and AIDS activist who wanted to start a Montreal edition of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an international grassroots political group that is working to end the AIDS pandemic. While attending ÆßÐDzʿª½± in 1985, he founded the Etcetera Club, a safe space for LGBT students. On March 19, 1989, he was brutally murdered by four teenagers as he got off a city bus.
To honour his story, the local activist and multi-media artist will be guiding a series of workshops over the upcoming weeks to support students in the creation of an augmented reality (AR) ‘vignette’ — texts, photos, and videos — so people can learn about Joe’s legacy.
The students’ visual works will then be displayed through the, an ECQ-funded project that aims to reveal some of the hidden histories in and around the ÆßÐDzʿª½± community using AR.
Student participation in the project may count as one credit towards a Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate or towards specific course assignments under advance teacher approval.
Workshops
April 6: Choice of media/research and ideation
April 13: Debriefing/the first draft of research and media/production
April 20: Support student production
Mid-May (TBD): Final editing and presentation
All workshops will be hosted in Room 3B.6 at 6pm.
For further info, contact Reisa Levine at rlevine@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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