Wednesday, August 05, 2009

A Night at the Factory

Am looking forward to the premiere screening of "Lords of the Revolution: Andy Warhol," tomorrow at the Paley Center for Media. (The film will debut on VH1 later in the month.) The event is followed by a talk with Factory "survivors," including Billy Name and Bibbe Hansen, who will intimates will discuss the legacy of the artist who anticipated our celebrity culture and reality television. For tickets, click HERE.

Premiere Screening
"Lords of the Revolution: Andy Warhol"
Thursday, Aug. 6
6:30 to 8 p.m. ET
The Paley Center for Media
25 W. 52nd St.
New York
Non-members: $20
Members: $15

In Person

  • Danny Fields, journalist and record executive (and Edie's onetime rooommate!)
  • Robert Heide, Warhol's main screenwriter
  • Billy Name, photographer
  • Bibbe Hansen, artist, actress, and Warhol Superstar (Beck's mom!)
  • Additional panelists to be announced.
  • Moderator: Richard Belzer, actor, narrator of series

    The Paley Center celebrates the 81st birthday of Andy Warhol with the premiere screening of an upcoming VH1 Rock Doc that looks at the revolutionary work that the pop auteur produced in the mid-'60s. The film shows how Warhol and his Factory provided a social arena for collaborative experimentation that spanned the worlds of poetry, fashion, film, photography, art, music, and the drug culture. Factory survivors describe how Warhol’s speed freaks, drag queens, musicians, superstars, and avant-garde artists helped shape a scene unique in American cultural history. Nowhere has Warhol’s interactions with Bob Dylan been brought to life so vividly. After the screening, Warhol intimates will discuss the legacy of the artist who anticipated our celebrity culture and reality television. Andy Warhol premieres on VH1 on Friday, Aug/ 14, at 8 p.m. ET, as part of its five-part series "Lords of the Revolution."

    For tickets, click HERE.
  • 1 comment:

    nojarama said...

    To say I'm jealous of anyone attending is an understatement!