CONRAD VENTUR SCREEN TESTS

Andy Warhol once said, “Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” Warhol understood media—perhaps one of the first to anticipate reality television, he recognized the nature of the media age with an almost haunting clarity. And sure enough, last week at Yotel Lounge, Warhol’s images repeated themselves.

Over forty years later, artist Conrad Ventur offered a fresh series of Warhol’s famous “screen tests,” featuring the new superstars of New York City’s demimonde. Between 1964 and 1966, Warhol shot approximately five hundred rolls of film, producing several-minute silent portraits of celebrities, artists, musicians, poets, models, playwrights, gallerists and avant-garde staples from Edie Sedgwick to Lou Reed. Fast forward to 2011, and while the names and faces have changed—the spirit remains. The new stars at the epicenter of New York’s nightlife possess the same devil-may-care cool, but with a little more media savvy than their predecessors.

Victor P. Corona, who assisted Ventur with the screen tests, says, “Conrad did a marvelous job with these films. It is incredible to watch the fourteen performers come to life on camera in very unique ways that reflect the distinctive qualities of their personas.” He notes the gentle refinement of Brian Newman, the glamor of Darian Darling, and as Breedlove and his back-up dancers entertained the crowd at Wednesday night’s fête one, recalled the charm of his on-screen performance.

The futuristic space of the Yotel Lounge was an ironic backdrop for the event, where old reckoned with the new. Also in attendance were some favorites of Warhol himself, including superstar Bibbe Hansen and playwright Robert Heide. It was a strange mélange of past and present, of art and commerce—a Pop Art moment in its own right of which Warhol would have been proud.

Also in celebration of Thomas Kiedrowski’s book Andy Warhol’s New York City, the event was a reminder of just how much Warhol’s legacy continues to endure today. As Corona says, “I think the fondness for the Warholian moment is of a healthy kind.” And Wednesday night was a healthy dose of nostalgia—that is, unless the tequila got you.

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