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The Map is Not the Territory:
A List of Factory Screen Test Subjects (1964–1966)

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The Map is Not the Territory:
A List of Factory Screen Test Subjects (1964–1966)

April 28, 2024

From introduction:
The list below is meant to be a form of conceptual documentation, in the spirit of Andy Warhol's Screen Test silent film portraits. As a list of all subjects shot from 1964 to 1966, this overview documents the Screen Test subjects through their names. The map of names represents the actual and transcendent territory of the Factory in the mid-1960s. Almost all the Screen Tests were shot at the Factory studio, capturing the larger community associated with the Factory and the Screen Test subjects. Shown in this list without hierarchy, these names will bring their own associations to the reader. Some subjects were well known at the time; others were identified only by their first names or a descriptor, and who they are remains a mystery.

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