This video, and the interview re-published at artnode, seem like more proof that the brilliance of the artist is often quite distant from the brilliance of the onlooker. Surrounded by "modern technology", he might, in retrospect, appear like a child enjoying his toys. Especially in the interview, it seems like it's the journalist who has all these great ideas, and Warhol just happily agrees with what he hears...
The enthusiasm for new technologies, when watched twenty years later, has something funny, but also something eery about it.
But if you read carefuly, there is one remarkable moment: when the journalist suggests that Andy (and the other artists) can now do everything by themselves - music, video, editing, etc., the artist agrees. But when asked if he has been doing it, he answers he hasn't had time because he is still exploring the visual art side of the computer.
So beyond this enthusiasm for all that is new, lies an aproach that is at once pragmatic and somehow... healthily conservative?
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Its enlightening to see Andy Warhol, utilizing early computer tools that were in the same "vein" as the concepts that drive his work. The similarity in aesthetics to the multi-color silk screens, and ease of production make it an ideal tool for Andy to exploit via art...bravo to his innovative spirit.[dNASAb]
I think it's great that he felt comfortable using a computer for the first time in front of that huge crowd. And it is amazing how much he inspired a generation of art after his time.
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