Small square images cascade in stacked rows across the front cover. There are grayscale images of news clippings, a moustached face, some test tubes and a pair of doey eyes staring straight at you. There are also a few images in colour interspersed in the grey tones: a sheet of red and blue General Idea AIDS stamps, green, red and blue AZT pills, and two rosy cheeked boys tucked into bed. The title General Idea editions 1967-1995 is written in red and white sans serif font across the top third of the book — *General Idea Editions, 1968-1995,* Barbara Fischer ed., catalogue raisonné, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2003.

Cathy Busby's “Remaining Viral," 270-272 pp., in *General Idea Editions, 1968-1995,* Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2003.

“Remaining Viral” in General Idea Editions (2003)

“Remaining Viral” is a critical essay by Cathy Busby on the ways General Idea employed media spectacle tactics and the logics of the virus in relation to pain and pain management in their collective works over the years.

This essay was published in General Idea Editions, 1968-1995, (Blackwood Gallery, 2003) a catalogue raisonné of the work of the world renowned artists’ collective made up of AA Bronson, Felix Parts, and Jorge Zontal.

“Remaining Viral” in General Idea Editions (2003)

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