Healing Through Art: The Future is Positive - Art Echo Ep12

Published 05/09/2025 18:00

Provider TaiwanPlus

People living with HIV still face the pressure of discrimination in light of society’s misconceptions about the virus. However, medicine has now advanced to the point where Undetectable = Untransmittable. Someone who is HIV positive can take regular medication to maintain an undetectable viral load and will not transmit the virus to their partners. They are free to lead a normal and healthy life. In recent years, the community in Taiwan who are HIV positive have turned to art therapy. They look to this form of self-healing while advocating to remove HIV stigma in pursuit of health equity. Art Echo explores how performing artist Tseng Chih-Wei takes his broken heart and makes it into art. Join us for Wild Plum Blossom Close Up, Positive Alliance’s Is(o)Land Bar exhibition, HIVStory’s “RX: Still Life”, and the Generation U- “We are all the same” self-portrait performance as those who are HIV positive share their stories.

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