The question "What is AIDS?" in sixteen languages spoken in Berlin; representing health advice services for HIV-positive migrants. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

  • Aids-Koordinierungs- und Anlaufstelle für MigrantInnen.
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[1995?]
Reference:
674196i
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The question "What is AIDS?" in sixteen languages spoken in Berlin; representing health advice services for HIV-positive migrants. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A customised question mark, with a spiral form or metal spring representing the upper part and an exclamation mark representing the dot; possibly the spiral in turn represents the immigrant community centred on Berlin, and the exclamation mark (purple) represents urgency of need

Publication/Creation

Berlin (Chausseestr. 8, 10115 Berlin) : A.k.a.m., [1995?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 42 x 29.5 cm

Lettering

Was ist AIDS? a.k.a.m. Beratung-Information-Unterstützung (Aids-Koordinierungs- und Anlaufstelle für MigrantInnen) ... Finanzierung: European Project AIDS & Mobility Amsterdam Includes telephone number, opening hours, address and directions to the AKAM office

Copyright note

Aids-Koordinierungs- und Anlaufstelle für MigrantInnen (AKAM), Berlin 1995 Aids-Koordinierungs- und Anlaufstelle für MigrantInnen (AKAM), Chausseestr. 8, 10115 Berlin Germany 21/2/2009 UkLW UK Transcription from the item

Reference

Wellcome Collection 674196i

Creator/production credits

AKAM was founded in 1994 as a self-help and support group for immigrants in Berlin with HIV/AIDS
European Project AIDS & Mobility seems to have been an earlier name for the later AIDS & Mobility Europe (A&M), which is described on its website as a networking project concerned with HIV/AIDS and migration in Europe

Language note

In languages including Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Czech, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Vietnamese, Thai (?)

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