{"id":18864,"date":"2026-08-25T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/mostre-ed-eventi\/screen-tests-di-andy-warhol\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:23:49","slug":"screen-tests-di-andy-warhol","status":"publish","type":"mostre-ed-eventi","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/screen-tests-di-andy-warhol\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Warhol\u2019s Screen Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"Warhol\u2019s Screen Tests are portraits of around a hundred different individuals, filmed between 1963 and 1966. In these short films, Warhol created his own group of Superstars: actors interesting enough to carry a film on their own, not by playing a specific role, but simply by being themselves. His subjects included both famous visitors to the studio \u2013 among them Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Salvador Dal\u00ed, Susan Sontag, Bob Dylan, Marcel Duchamp, and Lou Reed \u2013 and ordinary people. The subjects were lit and filmed by Warhol using a 16 mm Bolex camera, on 100-foot (30-metre) reels of silent, black-and-white film stock. Each Screen Test lasted exactly three minutes, the time it took for the film reel to run through the camera. The standard formula, in which the subject and the camera remained virtually motionless for the entire duration of the film, resulted in a \u201cliving portrait.\u201d When Warhol projected the films, he slowed them down slightly, extending their running time to about four minutes each and lending a dreamy, slow-motion effect to the finished works.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAlthough Warhol\u2019s procedure was standardised, subtle variations in lighting and focus can be found in the Screen Tests. Furthermore, several Screen Tests deviate completely from this format, with the subject intentionally moving, gesturing, or using props. These cinematic portraits, dubbed with the Hollywood term \u201cscreen test\u201d, were not created for the purpose of testing or auditioning actors. A traditional Hollywood screen test assesses an actor\u2019s suitability for a specific film and character. The actor is usually given a scene, a script, and instructions on how to act in front of a camera. The director then watches the test to assess the actor\u2019s look and qualities on film. Although each film was shot at the standard speed of 24 frames per second (fps), Warhol specified that the copies should be projected at 16 fps, the speed of silent films. The result is an unusual fluidity of tempo, a rhythm that delicately contrasts with the severity of the lighting and the boldness of the close-ups of faces and hair. Transferred from 16mm to DVD for gallery display, these innovative works reinvent traditional portraiture through seemingly simple means.","protected":false},"featured_media":18862,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18864","mostre-ed-eventi","type-mostre-ed-eventi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andy Warhol\u2019s Screen Tests - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/screen-tests-di-andy-warhol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andy Warhol\u2019s Screen Tests - Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Warhol\u2019s Screen Tests are portraits of around a hundred different individuals, filmed between 1963 and 1966. 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