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Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann
was born on August 23, 1938
in Syracuse, New York. She
is an actress, artist, writer,
and a former Warhol superstar.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
above photo: Viva by Richard Avedon
BIOGRAPHY
Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann was born into a liberal democratic chaotic Catholic family in Syracuse, New York. She was given the name Viva by Andy Warhol before the release of her first film with him but later used her married last name (Viva Auder). She appeared in several of Warhol's movies and was a frequent guest at The Factory. After Viva began making movies for other directors she also began writing. Her first book, Superstar, was an insider's look at the Factory scene, a partly fictional autobiographical account of her time there.It was distinguished from other "tell-all" memoirs by virtue of Viva's writing, which incorporated various stylistic effects, including the use of taped conversations, arguably one of the first times such a technique had been used in a novel. She also wrote for various publications, including The Village Voice..
With her husband Michel Auder, she was one of the early pioneers in video art. The couple made and kept video diaries which included the birth of her first daughter, Alexandra Auder. She had another child later, out-of-wedlock, the actress Gaby Hoffmann.
Viva incorporated the tapes into her second book, The Baby. These tapes were later released by Michel Auder as Chronicles: Family Diary in three parts. She provided some (spoken) vocals in Carla Bley's 1971 jazz composition Escalator over the Hill. She is the also the author of the autobiographical novel, Superstar (1970), and is at work on her memoirs.
She lives in Palm Springs, California, where she paints landscapes.
BOOKS BY VIVA
- Superstar (1970)
- The Baby (1974)
FILMOGRAPHY
- Bike Boy, Andy Warhol, (1967)
- Nude Restaurant, Andy Warhol (1967)
- The Loves Of Ondine, Andy Warhol (1968)
- Lonesome Cowboys, Andy Warhol (1968
- Blue Movie, Andy Warhol, (1969)
- Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger, (1969)
- Lions Love, Agnès Varda (1969)
- Trapianto, consunzione e morte di Franco Brocani Mario Schifano, (1969)
- Necropolis, Franco Brocani, (1970)
- Cleopatra, Michel Auder, (1970)
- Play It Again, Sam, Woody Allen, (1972)
- Cisco Pike (1972)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Forbidden Zone (1980)
- The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), Wim Wenders, (1982)
- Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders (1984)
- The Man Without a Face, Mel Gibson, (1993)
WARHOL
QUOTE
Viva had a face that was so striking you had the choice of whether to call her beautiful or ugly. I happened to love the way she looked, and I was impressed with all the references she kept dropping to literature and politics... She talked constantly, and it was the most tiresome voice I'd ever heard - it was incredible to me that one woman's voice could convey so much tedium. (POP) ~andy warhol
FURTHER READING
SPOTLIGHT!
The Warhol Look
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SPOTLIGHT!
POPism: The Warhol Sixties
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GUESTBOOK
above photo: Michel Auder, Barnett Newman and Viva Superstar at the opening of Newman's show at M Knoedler and Company, New York (1969).
FoxMusic wrote...
Great Lens - There is as Many Warholstars as there are Warhol works of Art.
Posted April 17, 2008
VIVA-FEED
- Viva (I) - Biography
- "Redeeming social value" was the legal fiction that Warhol enlisted Viva to ... She is als...
- Andy Warhol
- Each of the segments featured various Warhol Superstars – Nico, Ondine, Brigid Polk, ... again fea...
- Andy Warhol
- Each of the segments featured various Warhol Superstars – Nico, Ondine, Brigid Polk, ... again fea...
- Viva Filmography
- Filmography of Viva. ... Biography: Viva, also known as Viva Superstar and originally known on her b...
- Website - Warhol and his Superstars
- Keeping Busy is a candid study of Superstars Louis Waldon and Viva shortly after their appearance in...
TRIVIA
- Viva was the first identifiable actress to have sexual intercourse on film
- Her father was a successul attorney in Syracuse, New York
- She went to a Catholic college and considered becoming a nun
- Viva moved to Woodland Hills, California in 1993 from New York City's famous Chelsea Hotel after a long dispute with the Chelsea management.
VIVA LINKS
- Viva: The Last of the Great Warhol "Superstars" - Associated Content
- Viva: The Last of the Great Warhol "Superstars" - Associated Content
- Viva
- Viva, Andy Warhol superstar.
- VIVA
- Viva, Viva movies, Viva pictures, Viva photos, Viva news, Viva biography
- Andy Warhol 14: Viva
- Viva
- Frieze Magazine | Archive | Living Film
- Issue 29 June-August 1996
Living Film - IMBD BIO
- Viva movies, Viva pictures, Viva photos, Viva news, Viva biography
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