”24 Hour Psycho is a film made and produced by the British artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The film consists entirely of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Psycho slowed down to approximately two frames a second, rather than the usual 24. As a result it lasts for exactly 24 hours, rather than the original 109 minutes” (wikipedia)

Artist’s statement:

“24 Hour Psycho, as I see it, is not simply a work of appropriation. It is more like an act of affiliation… it wasn’t a straightforward case of abduction. The original work is a masterpiece in its own right, and I’ve always loved to watch it. … I wanted to maintain the authorship of Hitchcock so that when an audience would see my 24 Hour Psycho they would think much more about Hitchcock and much less, or not at all, about me…” (more)

About Doulgas Gordon:

“Gordon was born in Glasgow and studied art first there (at the Glasgow School of Art) from 1984-1988 and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, from 1988-1990. His first solo show was in 1986. Gordon won the Turner Prize in 1996 and the following year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. In 2005 he put together an exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin called ‘The Vanity of Allegory’. In 2006 there was an exhibition of his at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, called “Timeline”. In 2008, he won the Roswitha Haftmann prize. In 2006 Douglas Gordon Superhumanatural opened at the National Galleries of Scotland complex in Edinburgh. This was Gordon’s first major solo exhibition in Scotland since he presented his now celebrated work, 24 Hour Psycho, at Tramway in Glasgow in 1993.” (wikipedia)