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15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was inspired by Andy Warhol's words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes", which appeared in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] Photographer Nat Finkelstein claims credit for the expression, stating that he was photographing Warhol in 1966 for a proposed book. A crowd gathered trying to get into the pictures and Warhol supposedly remarked that everyone wants to be famous, to which Finkelstein replied, "Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy."[2] The phenomenon is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of popular culture, such as reality television and YouTube.
An older version of the same concept in English is the expression "nine days' wonder", which dates at least as far back as the Elizabethan era.
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1 Interpretation
2 Derivative phrases
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
Interpretation[edit]
German art historian Benjamin H. D. Buchloh suggests that the core tenet of Warhol's aesthetic, being "the systematic invalidation of the hierarchies of representational functions and techniques" of art, corresponds directly to the belief that the "hierarchy of subjects worthy to be represented will someday be abolished," hence anybody, and therefore "everybody," can be famous once that hierarchy dissipates, "in the future," and by logical extension of that, "in the future, everybody will be famous," and not merely those individuals worthy of fame.[3]
On the other hand, wide proliferation of the adapted idiom "my fifteen minutes"[4][5][6][7] and its entrance into common parlance have led to a slightly different application, having to do with both the ephemerality of fame in the information age and, more recently, the democratization of media outlets brought about by the advent of the internet.[8] In this formulation, Warhol's quote has been taken to mean: "At the present, because there are so many channels by which an individual might attain fame, albeit not enduring fame, virtually anyone can become famous for a brief period of time."
There is a third and even more remote interpretation of the term, as used by an individual who has been legitimately famous or skirted celebrity for a brief period of time, that period of time being his or her "fifteen minutes."[9]
John Langer suggests that 15 minutes of fame is an enduring concept because it permits everyday activities to become "great effects."[10] Tabloid journalism and the paparazzi have accelerated this trend, turning what may have before been isolated coverage into continuing media coverage even after the initial reason for media interest has passed.[10]
Derivative phrases[edit]
In the song "I Can't Read", released by David Bowie's Tin Machine in their 1989 debut album and re-released by Bowie in 1997 for the soundtrack of the movie The Ice Storm, the phrase is used in direct reference to Andy Warhol: "Andy, where's my 15 minutes?" The age of reality television has seen the comment wryly updated as: "In the future, everyone will be obscure for 15 minutes."[11] The British artist Banksy has made a sculpture of a TV that has, written on its screen, "In the future, everyone will be anonymous for 15 minutes,"[12] which was later used in the lyrics of Robbie Williams' song "The Actor" from his 2006 album Rudebox.
A more recent adaptation of Warhol's quip, possibly prompted by the rise of online social networking, blogging, and internet celebrity, is the claim that "In the future, everyone will be famous to fifteen people" or, in some renditions, "On the Web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people".[13] This quote, though attributed to David Weinberger, was said[13] to have originated with the Scottish artist Momus.[14]
The Marilyn Manson song "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)", released on his 1998 album Mechanical Animals, alludes to the term in the line "We're rehabbed and we're ready for our fifteen minutes of shame", as part of the song's theme of unrepentant escapism through drugs.
The group Queensrÿche uses the words "I guess Warhol wasn't wrong / Fame fifteen Minutes Long" in their 1988 anti-hero telltale album Operation: Mindcrime song as a way of showing the deterioration of society to reach its aim.
After experiencing a boom of recognition in the late 90s, the rock group Sugar Ray made an album entitled "14:59", jesting that their 15 minutes of fame was almost over.
See also[edit]
Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (a television show hosted by Warhol)
Big in Japan (phrase)
Fad
Famous for being famous
Internet meme
It girl
One-hit wonder
Reality show
World famous in New Zealand
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Guinn and Perry, p. 4
Jump up ^ Guinn and Perry, pp. 364—65
Jump up ^ Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. (December 1, 2001). "Andy Warhol's One-Dimensional Art: 1956–1966". In Michelson, Annette. Andy Warhol. The MIT Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-262-63242-3.
Jump up ^ Bragman, Howard (2005). Where's My Fifteen Minutes?: Get Your Company, Your Cause, or Yourself the Recognition You Deserve. Portfolio. ISBN 978-1-59184-236-1.
Jump up ^ Stockler, Bruce (2004). I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-312-31529-0.
Jump up ^ Bryars, Betsy Cromer (1986). The Pinballs. Scholastic. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-590-40728-1.
Jump up ^ Mamatas, Nick (2003). 3000 MPH In Every Direction At Once: Stories and Essays. Wildside Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-930997-31-8.
Jump up ^ Frederick Levy, 15 Minutes of Fame: Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution, Penguin Group, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59257-765-1.
Jump up ^ Jason, Sybil (2005). My Fifteen Minutes: An Autobiography of a Child Star of the Golden Era of Hollywood. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-023-3.
^ Jump up to: a b John Langer, Tabloid television: popular journalism and the "other news", Routledge, 1998, ISBN 978-0-415-06636-5, page 51, 63, 73
Jump up ^ Peltz, Jennifer (March 1, 2004). "Aiken and Clarkson show off Idol mettle". Retrieved May 27, 2008.
Jump up ^ "DENNIS HOPPER ART COLLECTION AUCTION". October 19, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Weinberger, David (July 23, 2005). "Famous to fifteen people". Archived from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2006.
Jump up ^ Momus (1991). "POP STARS? NEIN DANKE! In the future everyone shall be famous for fifteen people.." Grimsby Fishmarket. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
References[edit]
Guinn, Jeff and Douglas Perry (2005). The Sixteenth Minute: Life In the Aftermath of Fame. New York, Jeremy F. Tarcher/Penguin (a member of The Penguin Group). ISBN 0739455427.
Patterson, Dale (2013). Fifteen Minutes of Fame: History's One-Hit Wonders. Red Deer Press. ISBN 9780889954816.
External links[edit]
The dictionary definition of nine day wonder at Wiktionary
Quotations related to Andy Warhol at Wikiquote
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Campbell's Soup Cans (1962)
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Men in Her Life (1962)
Green Coca-Cola Bottles (1962)
Eight Elvises (1963)
Ethel Scull 36 Times (1963)
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963)
Green Car Crash (1963)
Triple Elvis (1963)
Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) (1963)
Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1964)
Shot Marilyns (1964)
Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966)
Cow Wallpaper (1966)
Big Electric Chair (1967)
Campbell's Soup Cans II (1969)
Shadows (1978-79)
Prince (1984)
Portrait of Seymour H. Knox (1985)
Camouflage Self-Portrait (1986)
Cars (1986)
Films
Kiss (1963)
Eat (1963)
Sleep (1963)
Screen Tests (1964–6)
Blow Job (1964)
Batman Dracula (1964)
Empire (1964)
Soap Opera (1964)
Couch (1964)
Taylor Mead's Ass (1964)
Henry Geldzahler (1964)
Harlot (1964)
Vinyl (1965)
Horse (1965)
Space (1965)
Camp (1965)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1965)
Beauty No. 1 (1965)
Beauty No. 2 (1965)
More Milk, Yvette (1965)
The Life of Juanita Castro (1965)
Kitchen (1966)
Eating Too Fast (1966)
The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound (1966)
Salvador Dalí (1966)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Since (1966)
The Andy Warhol Story (1966)
I, a Man (1967)
Bike Boy (1967)
Four Stars**** (1967)
Imitation of Christ (1967)
Tub Girls (1967)
The Nude Restaurant (1967)
Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
San Diego Surf (1968)
Flesh (1968)
Blue Movie (1969)
Trash (1969)
Women in Revolt (1970)
Heat (1972)
L'Amour (1973)
Frankenstein (1973)
Bad (1977)
You Are the One (1985)
Books
25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy (1954)
a, A Novel (1968)
Blue Movie (1970)
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
Popism: The Warhol Sixties (1980)
The Andy Warhol Diaries (1989)
Other
Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (TV series)
Interview (magazine)
"15 minutes of fame"
Milieu
The Factory
The Velvet Underground
Warhol Superstars
Studio 54
Museums
The Andy Warhol Museum
Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art
Depictions
Basquiat (1996 film)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996 film)
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006 documentary)
Factory Girl (2006 film)
Family
Julia Warhola
John Warhola
James Warhola
Related
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board
Golden Age of Porn
The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol (1971)
Absolut Warhola (2001 film)
Songs for Drella (1990 album)
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