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Here’s a bit from the piece by Sean O’Hagan…
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The moment when David Bowie and Andy Warhol crossed paths for the first time was preserved for posterity on a shaky hand-held camera by one of the latter’s assistants, Michael Netter. The meeting took place at the Factory, Warhol’s studio-cum-hangout in Manhattan on 14 September 1971.
Bowie, who had yet to reinvent himself as one of pop’s ultra-modernists, wears baggy trousers and has his long hair styled in a side parting beneath a big floppy hat. After some awkward small talk about Syd Barrett and the price of albums in America, Bowie performs a mime in which he drags his beating heart out of his chest. All the while, Warhol stands off to one side looking on as blankly as only he could, occasionally whispering to his aides. Then, Bowie and his small entourage shuffle off.
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It’s a meeting that Bowie has talked about in the past, “Andy Warhol loves my shoes!”, and even shakier versions of the footage exist online from people who have filmed it straight from the screen at previous Warhol exhibitions.
Now’s your chance to see Bowie’s screen test in slightly better quality at