15 SECOND BLOWJOB

Andy Warhol created the seminal film Blow Job in 1964. He extended the duration of his early silent works by having them projected at a slower rate than what it was originally shot at (16 frames per second instead of 24). 15 SECOND BLOW JOB premiered at the Transmedia 2002 project in Toronto where each artist had a 15 second time limit for their works to be screened on a public video billboard. Commenting on the ephemeral nature of media and celebrity culture, Alstad had to speed things up a bit - the 35 minute Blow Job was condensed into 15 seconds - the duration of a standard video billboard ad slot.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• michael
• alstad
• video
• art
• warhol
• public
• space
• site-specific