Screen Tests 1964-66

From 1964-1966, Andy Warhol filmed around 500 slow motion Screen Tests on 16mm film in his dowtown NYC studio, the Silvery Factory, inviting a variety of regulars and newcomers to the Factory to silent, sustained encounters with the camera lens. Shown for the first time in public, "Screen Tests 1964-66" puts Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, Harry Smith, and Edie Sedgwick, among others, onto the billboards of Times Square, bringing these iconic New Yorkers back to life.

Films featured in this exhibition: Screen Test: Rufus Collins [ST61], 1964; Screen Test: Walter Dainwood [ST66], 1964; Screen Test: Bob Dylan [ST82], 1966; Screen Test: Allen Ginsberg [ST115], 1966; Screen Test: Donyale Luna[ST195], 1965; Screen Test: Nico [ST239], 1966; Screen Test: Lou Reed (Apple) [ST268], 196; Screen Test: Twist Jim Rosenquist [ST284], 1964; Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick [ST309], 1965; and Screen Test: Harry Smith [ST314], 1964.

Presented by Times Square Advertising Coalition
Curated by Times Square Arts
Presented in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum
Produced by MPC