Andy Warhol draws Debbie Harry on an Amiga

This is pretty inter­est­ing. Andy Warhol dig­i­tally paint­ing a pic­ture of Deb­bie Harry with a Com­modore Amiga at a prod­uct launch press con­fer­ence in 1985!

Add one part Andy Warhol of soup can fame, a dash of Deb­bie Harry of Blondie and toss in the Amiga and you get an amaz­ing stew of early 80’s pop cul­ture in one bit sized morsel.

It is pretty funny watch­ing Andy Warhol and the Com­modore host inter­act; it is worst on-screen chem­istry I’ve seen since Hay­den Chris­tensen and Natalie Port­man in Attack of the Clones. How­ever, I do love the term “leaky flood fil­ter,” (at1:17). I think I’ll start using that when I have a poorly made layer mask or when los­ing to the “The Flood” in Halo. It is inter­est­ing that the host sees the leaky flood fil­ter as a mis­take and Warhol thinks it is pretty and wants to keep it. That shows the vast gulf that some­times exists between the cre­ator of some­thing and the end user. It’s some­thing that authors, design­ers, illus­tra­tors, film mak­ers and devel­op­ers should keep in mind when their cre­ations are released in the world. That is, no mat­ter what your inten­tions are or how good your plan is, when your cre­ation is released it will take on a life of its own.

via John Knack