In 2014, the Los Angeles art collective, My Barbarian, staged a video performance in remembrance of Pedro Zamora, inspired by the queer theorist, José Esteban Muñoz's theory of counterpublicity.
The exhibit featured empty frames which would have held drawings or photographs, canvases that were stretched and unused, bare sculpture bases, and 28 films and videos that covered topics such as safe sex and general information about the virus.
[6] The significance behind the exhibit was to show how the art community had been affected by the epidemic and inspire onlookers to take part in the fight for change.
[3][7] The large sash was likened to a burial shroud, or an intervention that encouraged those entering the museum to be reminded of the ongoing epidemic that was affecting thousands of different people.
[citation needed] In 2020, due to pandemic VisualAIDS organized online programming featuring commissioned diverse video works from different parts of the world and talks to authors.