Fifteen Seconds of Fame

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Title

Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Date/s

1995

Location

Edith Cowan University Campus, Bunbury, Western Australia

Discipline

Videography

Artist Statement

I am reliably informed that in 2021 the average attention span for a teenager (in fact most people) engaged in videography media viewing is now six (6) seconds on social media platforms such as TikTok or Snapchat. It seems unavoidable that every successive generation of adults observes their own children and other teenagers as they try and navigate through an ever increasingly distraction-rich and screen-enhanced existence. In that observation adults are often heard to say that children are increasingly unable to hold their attention span, referencing their use of technologies as the main centre of complaint - Internet, music and so on. In the reflection in 1995, it became apparent to artist Tom Puglisi and myself that a statement regarding this phenomenon could be emphasised as part of a study into ‘Pop Art’ as part of Bachelor of Arts (Associate Degree) Visual & Performing Arts at Bunbury regional campus of Edith Cowan University studies. We took it upon ourselves (to the great mirth of our fellow college students) to produce fifteen (15) short films in fifteen (15) hours beginning with our very first ‘film’ titled ‘Fifteen Seconds of Fame’ in homage to artist Andy Warhol, who so famously coined the adage ‘fifteen minutes of fame’. This short film indicates that in 1995 the average span of attention of a teenager engaged with digital media was indeed fifteen (15) seconds.

Substrate

Videography

Dimensions

N/A

Status

N/A

Links

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nId9qf9DWZ4