Front cover of VHS case: AIDS' Dark Terrain / Twelve Stations from a Yankee Pilgrim / A Suite of Twelve / Woodblock Prints / Robin Tichane, 1993 / A videotape to accompany the exhibtion of woodblock prints and handmade artist's book by the San Francisco artist. The Artwork uses the impression of pared landscape as poetic and visual allegory for themes relating to AIDS, by an artist with AIDS. A look in, not at.

Side of VHS case: AIDS' DARK TERRAIN

Back cover of VHS case: Art critics on the exhibition: / "Quietly grand, a particularly poignant emblem, these evanescent AIDSscapes unfold like a tragic poem. Tichane uses landscape as metaphor to illuminate the inner experience of AIDS. Somber and stunningly beautiful." / Harry Roche, The SF Bay Guardian / "The visual equivalent of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America". Searing and compassionate views of AIDS, bt it doesn't take a quarter of a day to see. Tichane's unforgetable [sic] story is the best kind of art: simple yet complex, as articulate about its medium as its message, devastatingly ironic, ideal political art, far more reasonable than squawky. Phenomenal, a masterpiece of humanism." / Geoff Gehman, Allentown, PA Morning Call / "Tichane speaks eloquently and passionately about life, death, and HIV in ways that transport the dialogue onto new planes. Building to a painful crescendo like a symphony. An epic history, a mythic cycle that is so universal that it coul ebe applied to anyone's life. I cried." / Mark Chester, The SF Bay Times / Curators of artist's books, on their copy of a handmade book: / "Un grand merci, cher Robin Tichané, pour ce beau livre "AIDS' Dark Terrain" si magnifiquement illustré de gravures sur bois." / Françoise Woimant, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, FRANCE / "Through this wonderful book, you will continue to pass on the wisdom and understanding that, for you, has come out of great trials." / Roberta Waddell, The New York Public Library, NY, NY / "One can't fail to be impressed by its craftsmanship, and one doesn't read it unmoved." / D.R.S. Pearson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UNITED KINGDOM / Robin Tichane / 4220 Army Street, #105 / San Francisco, CA 94131-1853 / (415) 648-2388 / VHS Format / c. 1994 Robin Tichane / Time: 30 minutes / In U.S., $20.

Label inside VHS case: AIDS' DARK TERRAIN / Twelve Stations from a Yankee Pilgrim / Robin Tichane / 4220 Army Street, #105 / San Francisco, CA 94131-1853 / VHS Format / c. 1994 / Time: 30 min.

Label on side of VHS: AIDS' DARK TERRAIN

Label on front of VHS: AIDS' DARK TERRAIN / Twelve Stations from a Yankee Pilgrim / Robin Tichane / 4220 Army Street, #105 / San Francisco, CA 94131-1853 / VHS Format / c. 1994 / Time: 30 min.