Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films runs at BAM from November 6—8. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to the production. Once you've seen it, help us keep the conversation going by telling us what you thought below.
Program Notes
Article
Andy Warhol's Brooklyn (BAM Blog)
Find out where Warhol hung out in Kings County.
Article
BAM Illustrated: The Making of Dean Wareham (BAM Blog)
Illustrator Nathan Gelgud looks at Wareham's early influences and formative musical moments.
Article
About Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests(Warhol.org)
Read more about these intriguing bite-sized portraits from Warhol’s film output.
Reading
Excerpt from Andy Warhol (The New York Times)
An excerpt from philosopher and Warhol scholar Arthur Danto’s book.
Article
Digitizing Warhol’s Film Trove to Save It (The New York Times)
MoMA and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg have begun scanning all 1,000 rolls from Warhol’s film oeuvre.
Article
Dean Wareham and Eleanor Friedberger Talk Live (Billboard.com)
Wareham and Friedberger discuss their approaches to scoring never-before-seen Warhol shorts.
Article
Temperature Rising: An Oral History of Galaxie 500 (Pitchfork)
Musicians, writers, and industry bigwigs weigh in on the indispensable band.
Interview
Interview with Eleanor Friedberger (TheRumpus)
Friedberger talks about her sophomore album, what she’s been reading lately, and more.
Article
Did Warhol Change Everything? (The New Yorker)
“The essence of Warhol’s genius,” writes Louis Menand, “was to eliminate the one aspect of a thing without which that thing would, to conventional ways of thinking, cease to be itself, and then to see what happened.”
Watch
Video
Soft Focus: Interview with Suicide (YouTube)
An in-depth interview with the band.
Video
"Bomb," Tom Verlain (YouTube)
Love and Money back Tom Verlaine in this clip from 1987.
Soft Focus: Interview with Suicide (YouTube)
An in-depth interview with the band.
Video
"Bomb," Tom Verlain (YouTube)
Love and Money back Tom Verlaine in this clip from 1987.
Now your turn...
So how did you enjoy the show? Likes? Dislikes? Surprises? Tell us what's on your mind in the comments below.
So how did you enjoy the show? Likes? Dislikes? Surprises? Tell us what's on your mind in the comments below.