Milko Delgado, El Club del SIDA (The AIDS Club), 2024




Taking its title from a sensational telenovela episode, El Club del SIDA cycles through a lifetime of heavily stigmatizing images about HIV and AIDS. Delgado plays with multiple aesthetics—documentary, horror, comedy—to explore the various relationships he has had with AIDS over the course of his life.

Commissioned in 2024 as part of Red Reminds Me..., a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.

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About the artist
Milko Delgado (he/him) is a transdisciplinary artist whose cultural practice integrates various forms of research and knowledge production, primarily within the realms of visual arts, video, performance, pedagogy, and cultural management. Delgado's work explores the intersections between the boy and nature, opening dialogue about identity, coloniality, extraction, health, and land. Delgado graduated from the International School of Film and Television – EICTV in Cuba. His work has been exhibited at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá, Teorética (Costa Rica)/Fresh Milk (Barbados), New York Latin American Art Triennial, and the Center for Visual Arts (Denver).

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