Breaking the Silence
CCAC #: | 0411 |
Artwork title: | Breaking the Silence |
Artist(s): |
Gideon Mendel |
Year made: | 2000 |
Artwork type: | Photography |
Medium: | Digital Photographic print, mounted between metal and glass |
Dimensions (mm): | 580 x 385 |
Source: | Donated by the artist |
Installation type: | Movable artwork |
Location area: | On a travelling exhibition |
Signage: | Shown here, a protest march through the streets of Durban organised by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) during an AIDS conference. Access to generic drug therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS was demanded, and ultimately ordered by the Constitutional Court in 2002. The judgment in this case is estimated to have saved tens of thousands of lives. |
Themes: |
HIV/AIDS |
Constitutional links: |
Health care, food, water and social security rights (section 27) |
Related Constitutional Court cases: |
Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and Others (2002) |
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NOTE: The process of photographing artworks in the CCAC is underway - we are currently working to improve image quality and display on the CMS but have included internal reference photos for identification purposes in the interim.
NOTE: The process of photographing artworks in the CCAC is underway - we are currently working to improve image quality and display on the CMS but have included internal reference photos for identification purposes in the interim.