Chloe Dzubilo There is a Transolution (2019)

Viva Ruiz invites transgender AIDS activist artist and beloved friend Chloe Dzubilo 19602011 to speak via never before seen Hi8 footage filmed by Chloes thenpartner Kelly McGowan in the 1990s The process triangulates mother Chloe lover Kelly and child Viva in a deliberate ritual to uplift the spirit and legacy of an ancestral teacher Through artifacts from the moment when video first became accessible and before mobile phone cameras became ubiquitous we witness Chloe declare herself and her sisters as leaders in art advocacy and culture for evermore Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2019 as part of STILL BEGINNING a program of seven short videos responding to the ongoing HIVAIDS epidemic