24 Hour Psycho

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24 Hour Psycho is a video installation by artist Douglas Gordon that slows Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho" down to a 24-hour duration, transforming the viewing experience into a meditative exploration of time and memory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appropriation art work
video installation
artistBirthYear 1966
artisticFocus cinematic perception
memory
time
artistNationality Scottish
basedOn Psycho NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Douglas Gordon NERFINISHED
curatorialTheme deconstruction of narrative
expanded cinema
displayMode looped projection
documentationForm exhibition catalogues
installation photographs
exhibitedAt Guggenheim Museum, New York NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Tate Modern, London NERFINISHED
exhibitionFormat single-channel video projection
firstExhibitedAt Govan Town Hall, Glasgow NERFINISHED
firstExhibitedInContext Glasgow’s Year of Culture 1990s programme GENERATED
genre contemporary art
video art
influenced later time-based installations by Douglas Gordon
installationEnvironment darkened gallery space
installationRuntime 24 hours
languageOfSourceFilm English
medium video
movement conceptual art
notableFeature emphasizes individual frames and gestures
removes conventional narrative suspense
slows Psycho to last exactly 24 hours
originalFilmRuntime approximately 109 minutes GENERATED
projectionSpeed extremely slow motion
relatedWorkByArtist Feature Film
Through a Looking Glass NERFINISHED
rightsHolderOfSourceFilm Universal Pictures NERFINISHED
soundtrackCharacteristic often perceived as near-silent in exhibition
slowed-down audio
sourceFilmReleaseYear 1960
subjectOf art historical analysis
film theory discussions
techniqueUsed time-stretching of existing film
viewingExperience non-linear entry and exit for viewers
yearOfCreation 1993

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Douglas Gordon notableWork 24 Hour Psycho