Sleep
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), the King of Pop art, was so diverse in his creation. Coming from an advertising background he widely used the silkscreen technique. He did paint as well, but a lot of his artworks are prints made by him or his assistants. Warhol was also a film director and “Sleep” is his legendary avant-garde movie, lasting 5 hours and 12 minutes and showing his lover John Giorno sleeping. Even though there was about 4 hours of filmed material, then only 30 minutes of it was used, hence film shots are being used repeatedly. It is a black and white silent movie and Warhol used a Bolex 16 mm camera and 30 m reels each lasting for 3 minutes for shooting “Sleep”. There were nine people at the premiere and two left within the first half an hour. Warhol himself didn’t necessarily see “Sleep” as a movie, but as something that would push the limits of the medium and art. Sleeping is the centre of the artwork, because Warhol saw it as something that was becoming so rare. Namely, the 1960s in New York came with drugs and many people were using amphetamine. It is debatable whether being on drugs created more of an awake time and a lot was going on or it was an extremely eventful era and one “needed” to be on drugs to be part of everything happening.
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), popkunsti kuningas, oli oma loomingus väga mitmekülgne. Tulles reklaaminduse maailmast, kasutas ta rohkelt siiditrüki tehnikat. Samas Warhol ka maalis, kuid väga paljud tema kunstiteosed on loodud kasutades trükikunsti vahendeid tema enda või ta assistentide poolt. Warhol oli ka filmirežissöör ja “Sleep” on tema legendaarne avangardfilm, mis kestab 5 tundi ja 12 minutit ning mis näitab Warholi magavat kallimat John Giornot. Kuigi filmitud materjali oli ligi 4 tunni jagu, siis filmiks on kasutatud vaid 30 minutit, seega üle 5-tunnises filmis kasutakse korduvalt samu kaadreid. Tegemist on mustvalge tummfilmiga ning Warhol kasutas filmimiseks Bolex 16 mm kaamerat ja 30 m filmirulle, mis kestsid 3 minutit. Filmi esilinastusel oli üheksa inimest, kellest kaks lahkus esimese poole tunni jooksul. Warhol ise ei näinud oma teost ilmtingimata filmina, vaid millenagi, mis nihutaks meediumi ja kunsti piire. Teose keskmes on uni, sest Warholile näis, et magamine on nii harv nähtus. Nimelt käisid 1960. aastate New Yorgiga kaasas ka narkootikumid ning paljud inimesed tarvitasid amfetamiini. Iseasi, kas meelemürkidest tulenevalt ärkvelolekust toimus kogu aeg nii palju või oligi tegemist äärmiselt sündmusterohke ajastuga, kus kõigest osasaamiseks ja üleval püsimiseks “oligi tarvis” narkootikume.
