Center on Halsted observes World AIDS Day and continues its celebration and support of LGBT artists by presenting Cal Calvird's “Compliance: The Pattern of Living with HIV.” The exhibit will be on display at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., from November 21 – January 5, 2009. An opening reception will be held on November 21, 2008, from 6:30p – 9:30p in the Center’s second-floor “living room” space. Inspired by the AIDS Quilt, Compliance is a graphic representation of HIV drug treatment over the course of a lifetime. The representation uses a two pill a day treatment regime over a 50 year projection. (A recent study published in The Lancet showed that an individual starting successful HIV treatment at the age of 20 would be expected to live to be nearly 70.) CDC’s historical trend analysis indicates that HIV incidence has been increasing steadily among gay and bisexual men with a disproportionate increase seen in younger men under the age of 30 and men of color. Compliance is a graphic representation of this study's findings, namely what does 50 years of treatment compliance look like?
