In Memoriam is Artery's first exploration into the relationship of the arts, death and memory. Unlike religion and philosophy-which also deal with death and the human condition--the arts offer personal, sometimes harsh, truths and the creation of new forms of ritual. Embodied not only in portraits, plays, and poems, or monuments, requiems and dances, the memorial impulse has also catalyzed new ideas about commemoration and memory itself. We present a smorgasbord of materials on this theme, ranging from opinion and commentary, interviews and artworks in a variety of media (including Artery's first audio-work by Robert Farber), to investigations of AIDS memorials and memorial services. The last, by the way, is a not-always-reverent sampling of personal anecdotes about funerals and memorial services spanning the gamut from the absurd to the sublime by writers including Dorothy Alison and comic Bob Smith. (Let's never lose our collective sense of humor.) In addition, our four Symposium participants examine the history of memorials and our News & Notes section includes not just announcements and analysis but film reviews. Artery's Centerpieces feature an incisive and surprising look at what happens to the prices of an artist's work after he or she dies by Judd Tully, a moving memoir by Alex Chee, and an angry "postcard from grief" by Craig Lucas, as well as reports from Provincetown by Eileen Myles, and the International AIDS Conference in Durban from Carole Leach-Lemens. The subject of Artery's Artist-in-the-Archives interview is Rebecca Guberman, a young artist and film-maker. In the digital era, an article can be more than an article. Our features on AIDS memorials (Stitches and Stones: AIDS Memorials), memorial services (Memorial Services: The Unbearable Meaning of Being), AIDS Music, and the new Bibliography section in the Talking Back section are also interactive projects and the kernel of data bases. Please submit your materials for inclusion in them. Likewise, we welcome--actually we're yearning for--your input into our ongoing interactive projects: The AIDS Timeline; links to relevant artworks, projects and home pages; and the International AIDS-Event Calendar. Artery and The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, of which we are an initiative, are also proud to have organized and curated several exhibitions and events this fall. On October 28, the retrospective exhibition of the late experimental filmmaker Warren Sonbert's work, organized by Jon Gartenberg in conjunction with the Estate Project, the Academy Film Archive, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A panel discussion will be held on October 29. In New York from December 1-9, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will show "Fever in the Archive: AIDS Activist Videotapes from the Royal S. Marks Collection." On December 6, in conjunction with the show a panel discussion will be held at New York University, and a related panel, "Who Cares? AIDS Activism and the Arts," will precede it at the New School University on December 4. (Click for info on these events) Finally, as should be obvious, each issue of Artery involves an enormous amount of work. I want to thank designer Deborah Chow, for her ongoing diligence and savvy design, Yelena Gluzman and Matvei Yankelevich for steadfast editorial assistance, and Steed Taylor for the generous contribution of his removable-tattoo work "I Want to Grow Old," which has been adapted as our emblem for this In Memoriam issue. Please let us know what you think by responding on the Talking Back bulletin boards. As December 1, Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day approaches, you may list your events on our special calendar in the International Events section. On that day, we will also premiere our activism issue. The time for your input on planning this issue is now: we can be contacted at artery@allianceforarts.org. Robert Atkins Robert Atkins, Artery's producer and editor, is an art historian and writer who has been an innovator in the areas of both digital culture and AIDS activism. Currently, Atkins is a research fellow at Carnegie-Mellon's Studio for Creative Inquiry and art editor of the Media Channel. In 1995, he created TalkBack! A Forum for Critical Inquiry, the first American online journal about online art, and from 1996-98, was editor-in-chief of the Arts, Technology, Entertainment Network, a New York Times Company start up producing arts programming for television and the Internet. Since the beginning of the epidemic, Atkins has written widely about AIDS and in 1990 co-curated, "From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS," the first travelling museum exhibition surveying art about AIDS. He was also one of the four founders of Visual AIDS, the New York-based organization responsible for the annual Day Without Art, the Red Ribbon Project, and many other educational activities. Read the In Motion Message from the Editor and the December '99 Message from the Editor Artery Credits Design: Deborah Chow   Back End Programming: Luna Imaging   Research/Editorial Assistance: Yelena Gluzman   Animations: Creative Time (Carol Stakenas)   Circulation & Blood Screen Image: Lisa Hecht, REPOhistory    "I Want to Grow Old" Tattoo: Steed Taylor   Funders: The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation For problems or questions about the site, please email the webmaster.