B-2 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

MAY 20, 1994

Creating in Crisis

Continued from page B-1

above a crowded party, a piñata at fiesta, and every swing you make, every whack across this angel's body, is a blow to the demons who perpetuate another day of needless death.

Elliott Linwood's Lock is not an exorcism of demons and rage, but instead is a totem to those fleeting human elements we struggle so hard to hold on to as we deal with death. A four square foot pyramid of human hair seems at first to smack of the circus sideshow. But what seems initially gruesome easily dissolves into a rumination on the universal aspects of human life. How simple and basic hair is, yet how important it is as an assertion of individuality. Stare into these locks and think on the countless crew-cuts, fros and pony-tails, spiked and permed and dyed, that have gone on before. Like the Great Pyramids at Giza, Linwood's Lock is also built on human pain. But where those pyramids were bloated edifices to

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imperial splendour at the cost of forgotten human lives, this pyramid is built as memorial to remembered human life.

Spaces and curators Milligan, Postotnik and Grove need to hear a long loud roar of thanks for setting such a broad and encompassing show. Realizing that a show about AIDS that isn't placed within the context of reality is just so many words and pictures, Spaces has extended its focus beyond the safe vacuum of the gallery wall. They've managed this with a Working Theater running performance of New York playwright Harry Kondoleon's last play, Saved or Destroyed. Kondoleon died from AIDS related illness last March. Performances will run throughout the show, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm., Sundays at 3 pm.

Additionally, the gallery will present three videos that explore many different issues that surround AIDS; women and AIDS, right-wing homophobia and AIDS phobia, loss, and community response. Spaces will boldly reach out to non-traditional gallery patrons, while also tapping into the future of AIDS, by featuring art by Shaker Heights

HE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN.

CELIBATE IN THE LONG WEEKS SINCE Your" TIME OUT" WITH DOUG, AND HAVING NOT QUITE MET THAT LEVEL OF DESPERATION WHICH COMPELS MEN TO VISIT THEIR local SEX CLUB, YOU COMPROMISE WITH YOUR INSISTENT Libido BY SHOWING UP AT a BATHHOUSE out of town...

High School students in the gallery foyer.

Don't let a fear of galleries or of AIDS keep you from this show. You may be challenged, you may be comforted. You may even find a voice for your own rage and frustration. No matter where you are with AIDS, you'll find you aren't alone here. Remember, there's nothing so scary as facing AIDS alone.

Spaces is located at 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland. Tickets must be purchased for the performances of Saved or Destroyed by calling the Working Theater at 216696-9600.

WHEN STANDING IN LINE AT AN OUT OF TOWN ESTALLiSHMENT OF This TYPE, IT is de riGUeUR TO EXHIBIT NONE OF THE URGENCY THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE...

UNACCEPTABLE:

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WHITEWATER

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ON A BIG GUY. NOW YOU'RE GETTING IN A LITTLE Too DEEP.

BEND OVER,

WHAT?.OH. HEH LISTEN..VM THAT'S VERY good Looking.. BUT UM.. HE'S A LITTLE... GIRTHY. FOR A MEDIUM SIZED GUY LIKE ME..UN MAYBE WE COULD TAKE A RAINCHE YEA&I COULD PRACTICE A BIT,.. WITH A BUTTERNUT SQUASH MAYLE OR THE CANNON OUT IN FRONT OF THE V.FW... SURE THAT DO IT dew THINK.. YEAH..T& SAY SO.. WIEN. GEE...

HOURS LATER, YOU'RE LEAVING. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS. COM

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THIS ONE'S NOT TELLING HER AUNTIES ANYTHING LATELY

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... NINE...TEN! OKAY, YOU'RE ALL DONE, MO! THAT'S THE LAST MACHINE ON THE CIRCUIT. NOT BAD FOR YOUR FIRST DAY. A FEW MONTHS WORKING OUT LIKE THAT, AND YOU'LL BE IN DECENT SHAPE!

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WOMEN'S LOCKER

HARRIET?!

MO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

I JUST JOINED! I'M TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF, HARRIET! I'M GETTING A LOT MORE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED

IN THE COMMU...

MO! NICE TO

SEE YOU HERE! LOOKIN' GOOD!

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HARRIET, WE'RE GOING

OUT FOR DINNER TONIGHT, RIGHT? I'LL BE DONE WITH MY GAME AT EIGHT.

GREAT.

I'LL MEET YOU IN THE

SAUNA.

SO HARRIET, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER, YOU ALWAYS SAID EXERCISE WAS AN ANTI-FEMINIST PLOT TO MAKE WOMEN LOSE WEIGHT AND DISAPPEAR.

I KNOW. BUT I'VE ALWAYS LIKED SWIMMING, AND THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I GET TO SEE ELLEN LATELY, SHE'S SO BUSY.

SHE'S WORKING OVERTIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL, PUTTING TOGETHER THE DOMESTIC PARTNERS BILL. AND BEING THE LOCAL CONTACT PERSON FOR STONEWALL 25 TAKES UP ALL HER SPARE TIME.

PLUS SHE'S IN TRAINING FOR THE GAY GAMES. SHE AND HER RACQUETBALL PARTNER PLAY FOUR TIMES A WEEK.

REALLY.

SO WHAT'S THIS NEW

LEAF YOU'RE TURNING OVER?

OH. UH... NEVER MIND. BUT SPEAKING OF STONEWALL 25, DON'T YOU THINK THIS HUGE, SLICK PARTY THEY'RE THROWING BETRAYS THE REVOLUTIONARY

SPIRIT OF THE 69 RIOT JUST A TAD? I'M SURE THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS JUST THRILLED WE'LL BE SPENDING A ZILLION BUCKS VACATIONING IN NEW YORK INSTEAD OF ON FIGHTING ALL THE ANTI-GAY INITIATIVES COMING UP THIS YEAR.

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