NoNameFever - uGawulayo Exhibition December 13, 2007

Since 1981 over 24 million people have died from HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

According to the 19 November 2007 report of "UNAIDS" - reference: http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2007EpiUpdate/default.asp - a staggering 33.2 million people are currently living with the disease globally. South Africa contributes to 18.8 million of this total sum!

Globally, statistics have escalated to more than 25 million deaths. And in Africa – over 12 million children have been orphaned as a subsequent result.

HIV has contributed tremendous suffering to many South Africans. It is estimated that almost 50% of all deaths in the country has been brought about by the illness. Statistics indicate that almost one in every five adults is infected and that 71% of deaths between the age of 15 and 49 are caused by this disease. It is evident that its impact on the infected and affected is spreading across all communities. Every 10 seconds another victim dies...

HIV/AIDS was first diagnosed in South Africa during 1982. By 1990, it was estimated that 74,000 to 120,000 people were living with HIV/AIDS. In 1992 scores of people were deeply moved by the address of the very sick and dying infected-child-activist, Nkosi Johnson, during the “International Conference for People Living with HIV and AIDS”, which was held in Durban, South Africa. Six years later, in 1998, the “Treatment Action Campaign” (TAC) was founded, to campaign for the rights of people living with HIV.

In 2005 the Museum of World Culture in Göteborg launched the “No Name Fever” Exhibition, which focused on HIV/AIDS and its global context. Themes were reflecting on emotions such as: “fear”, “denial”, “rage”, “lust”, “despair”, sorrow”, and “hope”.

Soon after the launch of the exhibition, a partnership was established between the World Culture Museum and Red Location Museum, which deliberated on traveling a section of the exhibition down to Nelson Mandela Bay – where it would be showcased in combination with South African content.

The new “combo-exhibition” has been named the “NoNameFever-uGawulayo” (uGawulayo is a Xhosa translation for HIV/AIDS) exhibition and will be on show from 14 December 2007 to the end of November 2008.

Local content would include masks, contemporary artworks as well as several linked public programmes. Some linked events are:
- 01 December: 07:00 pm: Live broadcast of the “46664 Concert” on both the Museum’s external (giant) and internal (big) screens.
- 08 December, 10:00 am to 16:00 pm: The pastel streetscapes on HIV/AIDS, to be done by artists and the public on portable boards which would be arranged over the surface of Olof Palme Street. Once completed, the boards are to be installed as a temporary winding path through the Museum’s interior, passing the gigantic memory boxes – and finally connecting to the ‘NoNameFever-uGawulayo” exhibition further beyond.

For further enquiries on the ‘NoNameFever-uGawulayo” exhibition please contact Christopher du Preez (Red Location Museum Curator) at
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For further enquiries on the public programmes please contact Pumla Mntanga (Red Location Museum Assistant Curator) at
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For further media enquiries contact please contact Annette du Plessis (Red Location Museum Marketing Officer) at
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For booking enquiries please contact Nosikumbuzo Hoza (Red Location Receptionist) at
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Official Website: http://www.mandelametro.gov.za