Brothers Sick - EZRA BENUS

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An image in grayscale of a bed leveled with the top of the mattress, revealing a diagonal grid texture of the blanket in the foreground. Focused in the center are three plastic pill bottles laid out resting on the bed, ranging in size with the largest one on the left, to the smallest on the right. A couple of white pillows are shown out of focus on the top of the photo. Overlaid on the whole image is a shifting grayscale text that repeats itself in a spiral formation that reads “right to rest in the rhythm of the sick”.

An image in grayscale shows manipulated x-rays of a torso revealing a root-like system or tree-like formation of internal organs such as lungs, bladder, and the aorta that are branching out and creating systems of connection. This image is mirrored and flipped creating a split image in two halves. Centered is an eerily revealed x-ray image of a set of teeth in a frontal smile formation. Text is overlaid on top and repeated on the bottom that reads “work will not set us free”. The words “work” and “free” are spotlighted in opposite corners of the image. It is overlaid in black, white, and gray, shifting in legibility.

ID: image of 2 mirrored sets of one black, one white silhouette of a face, part of a torso, and a hand holding a syringe against a grayscale pixelated background. On top are two upside down silhouettes sitting atop of the same image flipped over horizontally. The silhouettes point to one another, as if in a whisper with the syringe, needle tipped as a vector towards the center of the image. The negative space In the center of the photograph, is similar to an ink blot pattern. The text in the center in the largest font says “Vaccinate Now” in black, white, and gray variants with a metallic sheen. Sandwiched in between those words is a smaller text ”Global Inoculation Against Viral Fascism”. Text on top of the image reads “Stop Rationing Care” “Stop Medical Apartheid”, and on the bottom of the image text reads “End Eugenics” “End Vaccine Hoarding”. The layout of words and silhouettes create a contour of an hourglass shape, connoting time is of the essence.

Alchemy of the III by Brothers Sick (CC/Subtitles English) from Presents 2023 on Vimeo.

two images formatted the same with different text on the two blue face masks centered in frame, arranged like a blue equal sign on a pale yellow background.The masks each have a red typed messaged on the fabric. Masks read “an army of the sick can’t be defeated” “to be scared of the sick is to be scared [the] living”

two images formatted the same with different text on the two blue face masks centered in frame, arranged like a blue equal sign on a pale yellow background.The masks each have a red typed messaged on the fabric. Masks read “an “networks of care CAN and SHOULD be contagious” “illness finds us all but care unfortunately does not”.

An image with a beige background showing two IV infusion machines aligned in the center, the one on the left side is upright and the right one is mirrored upside down. Two medication IV drip bags hang on the top loops of the IV pole, with curving tubes connecting to the machine. It has a blue screen displaying text, some of which reads GIVE CARE TAKE CARE, along with other medicine information. On both the left and right side of the machines’ digital display are numbers “20” “20” . Red text frames images of the IV pole, which reads ARMY OF THE SICK CAN”T BE DEFEATED twice, with black equilateral triangles in each corner pointing in the clockwise direction of the text.

An image in variants of grey-blue scale, reminiscent of x-ray results, showing a glaring fluorescent room with 5 empty hospital beds and chairs on a diagonal, arranged from the bottom right of the image to the middle left section. Text that says NETWORKS OF CARE CAN AND SHOULD BE CONTAGIOUS is layered from top right to bottom right of the image in transparent red and grey shaded font. Each bed stall has

The whole image is in variants of greyscale, reminiscent of x-ray or other scans. bisecting the frame there are two images of the same back of the hand posed with most of the fingers curled inwards, with the pointer finger fully raised. Overlaid on the image is text that reads An Army Of The Sick Can’t Be Defeated.

felt banner with text in green that says an army of the sick can’t be defeated, on a red background that is on the top 3/4ths of the image, with a yellow stripe then brown, and a pink strip on top of the brown.

felt banner with text in green that says an army of the sick can’t be defeated, on a red background that is on the top 3/4ths of the image, with a yellow stripe then brown, and a pink strip on top of the brown. below is a stack of postcards with pink text that reads an army of the sick can't be defeated.

A four by four grid of photographs showing a progression of my cramping hand, sometimes noticeable, sometimes defiant and always cramping, on a grey background with pink bold text below the images that says An Army Of The Sick Can’t Be Defeated.