Manny Papadopoulos – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Manny Papadopoulos', cotton / paint / plastic, various makers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1993 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, bordered by wide brown cotton. The border forms a frame as if a television set. In the 'screen' of the TV set there is coloured spiral rainbow design painted on cream rectangular fabric, In the background of the spiral are machine-appliquéd letters 'Manny Papadopoulos' and '2- 6-64 - 9-1-93' in multi colours. Five fabric photos overlay the spiral. From lower left 1 Caption 'Films of Wonder - First Collectors Edition', 2 Photo of female person holding magazine Films of Wonder, 3 Photo (? Of Manny Papadopoulos), 4 Photo 'Films of Wonder Issue 2 $5.00', 5 Printed poem on fabric 'Time Mine': Time stands still, Be still like the trees, Let me inhale the clean wind And hold onto it inside myself, Expelling it only when I see fit, I challenge you - time, I hold you in my fists caught, You cannot move on until The breeze whispers softly Through my hair. Until the crow cries with its Brilliant familiarity Or until I open my fists And I set you free.' Two pink plastic tubular rings, 75mm diameter, with painted numbers and letters as if 'radio/TV dials' are in the lower right hand corner.