EXHIBIT CAPTURES FEAR -- AND SOUNDS -- OF AIDS VIRUS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 22 -- Photographs portraying
intimate moments of people's lives and a sound track representing
the genetic sequence of the AIDS virus compose "Rapture:  At the
Interface Between Love and Disease," an exhibition opening Friday,
Sept. 29, at 4:30 p.m. in the Fayerweather Gallery at the University
of Virginia.
	The photographs taken by David Teplica, M.D., show people
clothed in large body socks, seemingly afraid to reach out because
of the threat of AIDS.  Dr. Teplica will describe the exhibition at
a public lecture with slides on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. in
Room 160 of U.Va.'s Campbell Hall.  This is the exhibition's first
stop on a national tour. 
	The collection of platinum and gold prints shows individuals
and couples whose lives have been altered by today's "viral world,"
says the photographer, who is a physician at the University of
Chicago's division of plastic and reconstructive surgery.  "The
human subject matter, often erotic, attracts the viewer, then forces
upon the viewer the broader social, political and emotional issues
surrounding the HIV epidemic," he said.
	"Song of the Helix," a musical interpretation of the AIDS
virus, will accompany the exhibit.  Ethnomusicologist Bryan Shuler
created the sound track by programming the genetic sequence of the
AIDS virus into a computer and assigning tonal values to the
elements associated with the disease's genetic structure.  "The
computer and the virus determined much of the score.  The result is
a haunting and beautiful sound environment," said Shuler, a
Fulbright scholar at Florida State University.
	The "Rapture" exhibition will remain at the Fayerweather
Gallery, located in Fayerweather Hall on the corner of University
Avenue and Rugby Road, through Oct. 27.  The exhibit is open to the
public free of admission charge from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
	For more information, contact the McIntire Department of Art
at (804) 924-6123.
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September 21, 1995