JUSTIN.TV AS WARHOLIAN DREAM

«Andy Warhol were he still with us would enthusiastically embrace lifecasting not because it enables everyone to become world-famous for 15 minutes but because the medium is perfectly suited to Mr Warhol's taste.

«I like boring things» he once wrote and his experimental films deliberately tested his audience appetite or tedium. His 1963 «Sleep» was a black-and-white silent film that had a single actor, single scene and single point: the poet John Giorno sleeping-for 5 hours and 25 minutes. When it was shown for the first time in Los Angeles an audience that was 500 strong began shrinking even before the 45 minutes close-up of Mr Giorno's abdomen was complete. Still 50 people lasted for the full 321 minutes. Those masochistic souls would love Justin.tv»

-Randall Stross
New York Times
Oct 13 2007