at the time, I had this acute sense that I was arriving at a fabulous party — five minutes after the lights came on,” Coddington said in 2013. “I knew that AIDS was ripping apart that gay culture that had existed before. I began to ask myself, ‘What was that world and what were those people like?’ Upon experiencing Nelson’s tapes, I began to learn the answers to those questions.” In 2001, Richards and Coddington began to edit select tapes, producing four highlight DVDs. The YouTube channel 5NinthAvenueProject was launched in 2008. As of 2022, the channel’s 735 videos had been viewed more than 24 million times, and more than 168,000 viewers are channel subscribers. However, despite the presence of selections on YouTube, the full collection’s ultimate survival was far from certain, as the original tapes sat boxed in Richards’ and Goldman’s century-old house in Atlanta’s Inman Park. It was through Coddington’s outreach to Fales Library that the collection secured a permanent home. In 2012, Richards, Goldman and Coddington donated the original videotapes to the Fales Library & Special Collections at New York University. Influence and recognition On April 25, 2013, Fales Library hosted a panel discussion, “Nelson Sullivan: Vlogging in the 80s,” to welcome the Nelson Sullivan Video Collection to its archive. Marvin Taylor, director of Fales Library,” said Sullivan “was everywhere that was important at just the right time. But, he was more than that. When Nelson turned his video camera on himself as flaneur of downtown, he found his own artistic, queer, postmodern voice. We’re honored to have Nelson’s videos here at NYU.” Sullivan’s work was the subject of a 1994 documentary, “Nelson Sullivan’s World of Wonder,” directed by Bailey and Barbato. Footage from the Nelson Sullivan Video Collection has been used in several films, including “Susanne Bartsch: On Top” (2017), “Wig” (2019), and "Moby Doc" (2021). Footage recorded by Sullivan was featured prominently in the 1980s episode of the six-part documentary series “PRIDE” (2021) on FX. Sullivan's videos were included in several episodes of the six-part documentary series "The Andy Warhol Diaries" (2022) on Netflix. Sullivan’s videos have been exhibited in film festivals across the US and in Europe, Australia and South America. See also Vlog LGBT history in New York References External links Official site A Very Short Introduction to Nelson Sullivan NYU Fales Library & Special Collections The 5 Ninth Avenue Project 1948 births