Critical Writing Index

For Real: Telling the Truth in Art & Writing

by A.S.A. Harrison

C Magazine, Winter 2002, no. 76, pp. 12-15

An investigation of "the profound truths that can be found in ordinary things".-Harrison

Andy Warhol's early video piece Sleep depicts the ordinary. Since that time video art has evolved while still holding on to it's early roots. The article discusses how video art and writing can give the viewer the semblence of reality, or real time - the author explores the experience of several video works that play with the viewers suspension of disbelief with regards to the real time of the video.

ITEM 2002.087 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Interval – Euan Macdonald

Desk – Euan Macdonald

Mapping the Studio – Bruce Nauman

Birthday Suit - With Scars and Defects – Lisa Steele

Sleep – Andy Warhol

Eat – Andy Warhol

Empire – Andy Warhol

Pryings – Vito Acconci

Claim Excerpts – Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci

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