Paperback, black and white photographs, 110 pages, W17cm X H24cm
This richly illustrated catalogue has been released to coincide with Ikon's Eastside exhibition of Warhol's films, including: Sleep; Empire, Kiss and Eat, also including a selection from his Screen Tests series.
In 1964 Warhol moved into what became known
as the Silver Factory and until 1968 this space provided
a physical and conceptual framework for a broad range
of activity that pushed the boundaries of what art production
can be and helped define our contemporary ideas of the
role of the artist.
Between 1963, when he bought his first 16mm movie camera,
and 1968, when he began to retire as a film-maker, Andy
Warhol led an intensive period of film-making from the
Factory, which challenged the conventions of cinema,
making films that were longer, more numerous, and more
complex than anything seen before.
Unedited, filmed in real time, the action unfolds in front of the
cameras, the duration of each work corresponding to its subject – for
example almost eight hours with Sleep (1963). In these black and white,
silent films, challenging notions of how and what could be made and
received conventions of cinema, themes emerge around ideas of
documentation, most clearly seen in Empire (1964) lasting 8 hours and 5
minutes.
This catalogue includes contributions from Jan Winkleman; Francis McKee; Juneau Projects and others.