13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests

Featuring Dean and Britta

Jan. 17, 2015

8PM (70min, no intermission)

“[13 Most Beautiful] highlights yet another of Warhol’s artistic endeavours with just the right mix of reverence and charm.” – BBC UK

Andy Warhol is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His Screen Tests are revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals—both famous and anonymous—who were visitors to his studio, the Factory, between 1964 and 1966. Each subject was asked to pose, lit with a strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera. Each screen test lasted only as long as the 100-foot roll of film. 13 Most Beautiful is a selection of Warhol’s four-minute, silent film portraits set to music performed by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, both formerly of the indie NYC downtown band, Luna. The multimedia performance incorporates a large-scale video projection of Warhol’s Screen Tests above the musicians performing live on stage. 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests is a project jointly commissioned by The Andy Warhol Museum and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts 2008.