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Recently I had the rare opportunity to witness a panel of four of
Andy Warhol’s Superstars at the Chop Chop Gallery in Columbus,
Ohio. John Giorno,
Taylor Mead, Holly Woodlawn and Penny Arcade. Aside from being
witty and absolutely amazing people they also had a lot to say about
the business of art.
John Giorno, who was the subject of Andy Warhol’s Sleep
in 1964, revealed that since this was Andy’s first movie
he really wasn’t sure how to do it. It turned out being
more jumpy than what we would imagine while living with
today’s technology of point and shoot cameras. What
ended up being 6 hours of John sleeping had actually
been a loop of a short part of the film. Andy was using
his new 16mm Bolex camera which required he wind it
every 20 seconds, this caused the film to frequently jump
and for a long time Andy wasn’t sure what to do with
it. Looking at the film from a 2009 perspective it is
hard to appreciate the ingenuity that went along with
the making of this film. This is a perfect example of
making something work by using what is available to you.
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John Giorno
at the Chop Chop Gallery, October 2008 |
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