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UK Aids Memorial Quilt Audio Description and Touch Tour

13 June 2025 at 15.00–16.30
16 June 2025 at 11.00–12.30

Colourful textile quilt featuring the names of people who died from AIDS which will be shown as part of the display at Tate Modern. Names include Nick Game, Paul Ashton, NAZ Project, Stevie, Space, Bev, Paul, Body Positive Newcastle Upon Tyne, Steve.

UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (Quilt 27: Nick Game, Paul Ashton, NAZ Project, Stevie, Space, Bev, Paul, Body Positive Newcastle Upon Tyne, Steve), c.1989-ongoing, fabric, thread, ribbon, paint, ink, and other materials. Overall dimensions variable. Courtesy of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Blind and partially sighted visitors are invited to a tour of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern

This tour of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be delivered by audio describers from the Visitor Experience Team. It will include an opportunity to engage with the display through touch. Special guests from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership will also join to give a unique insight into the making process, origins of the quilt and share stories of the many people it continues to memorialise and represent.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt was started in the 1980s at the height of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall from 12 to 16 June 2025, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic and humanise the people who had died from it.

The UK AIDS Quilt Memorial display is presented by Tate in partnership with the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt display and initiated by Charlie Porter. Curated by Elliot Gibbons, Collaborative Doctoral Researcher.

At this event, there will be step free access, guiding support for blind visitors, seating, and earphones available.

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