18 minutes of pure 1966 chaos — Warhol's factory freaks meet Velvet Underground at peak weird.
Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of multimedia events organised by Andy Warhol between 1966 and 1967, featuring musical performances by The Velvet Underground and Nico, screenings of Warhol's films, and dancing and performances by regulars of Warhol's Factory. It is also the title of a 18-minute film by Ronald Nameth filmed during one week of the show in Chicago, Illinois in 1966.
Cinematography
Nameth's strobing chaos perfectly captures the sensory overload.
Sound
Raw Velvet Underground before they got polished.
Director
Ronald Nameth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nameth shot this in one week at Poor Richard's in Chicago, capturing the only known synced audio-visual recording of the original EPI lineup before Angus MacLise quit.
This film documents the exact aesthetic that would be co-opted by every 'edgy' nightclub for the next sixty years — you're watching the original being born.
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