Andy Warhol's Video Projects

In addition to his television series, Fashion (1979 - 1987); Andy Warhol's TV (Manhattan Cable TV Channel 10) (1980 - 1982) and Andy Warhol's TV (Produced for Madison Square Garden Network) (1983) and Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (1985 - 1987), Andy Warhol was also involved in video projects which included Paul Johnson (1965), Quintalogue (1965), Water (1971), Vivian's Girls (1973), Phoney (1973) and Fight (1975):

Paul Johnson (1965)

1" reel-to-reel videotape (2 total). B & W, sound, 01:04:00 With Paul Johnson (aka Paul America). Two reels of a stoned Paul America shot using the consumer Norelco camera and a 1" deck lent to Warhol for testing.

Quintalogue (1965)

1" reel-to-reel videotape. B & W, sound, 30 minutes. With Edie Sedgwick, Larry Latreille, Paul Morrissey, Stephen Short, Billy Name, Ondine.

Water (1971)

1/2" reel-to-reel videotape, B & W, sound 32 minutes. With the voices of Andy Warhol, Sylvia, Dorrian Gray, Paul Morrissey and two unknown men.

Greg Pierce:

Andy Warhol's only intentionally produced piece of 'video art,' came about when Yoko Ono invited him to participate in her exhibition entitled Water Talk at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York in October 1971... Warhol chose to create a videotape - a single 32 minute take of a water cooler from a fixed camera position with the soundtrack consisting of a gossipy conversation among friends around the water cooler at the Factory..." (OV02:11:00)

Unreleased Video Projects

Vivian Girls (1973)

1/2" reek-to-reel videotape (10 total), b&w, sound, 30 minutes each.

Produced and directed by Andy Warhol and Vincent Fremont. With Karen Bjornses, Pat Cleveland, Terry Guerin, Maxime McKendry, Nancy North, Paul Palermo, John Richardson, Romero Rochau.

Phoney (1973)

1/2" reel-to-reel videotape (23 total), b&w, sound, 30 minutes each. Produced and directed by Andy Warhol and Vincent Fremont. With Pate Ast, Brigid Berlin, Susan Blond, Candy Darling, Maxime McKendry, Geri Miller, Paul Palermo, Sami Melange, Nancy North Asha, Rosemary Kent.

Waterfront Zombies and one other (date unknown - presumably early to mid 1970s)

Greg Pierce: There are two other unrealized video dramas in The Andy Warhol Museuam's collection as well - an untitled domestic dialogue starring Pat Ast and Michael Sklar and another entitled Waterfront Zombies. (OV02:13:00)