John Giorno
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1936 -
Occupation
Artist, Poet, Activist
Description
Poet and performance artist. Notable for creating text-based poetry and recorded poetry distorted by synthesizers, and other forms of performance poetry, much of which reflects queer sexuality. Founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems, and the AIDS charity, the AIDS Treatment Project (1984). Subject of Andy Warhol's film 'Sleep' (1963).
Further Reading/Research
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-giorno
- http://www.artnews.com/2017/05/05/in-honor-of-his-80th-birthday-john-giorno-will-be-the-subject-of-a-new-york-city-wide-survey-in-june/
- https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2017/7/19/prolific-gay-artist-john-giorno-reflects-his-new-retrospective-andy-warhol-aids
