Andy Warhol crashed a psychiatrist convention with noise, chaos, and pure anarchy. The doctors were NOT ready.
The Velvet Underground's first public appearance, filmed in Super 8 at a Psychiatrist's Convention, at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, January 14, 1966. Andy Warhol was invited to speak at the annual banquet of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry. He brought along the Velvets and other factory regulars.
Direction
Warhol's deliberate amateurism as weapon.
Production
Super 8 footage that changed music forever.
Director
Andy Warhol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 7-minute grenade predated The Velvet Underground & Nico album by a year, essentially previewing the sound that would 'sell only 30,000 copies but everyone who bought one started a band.'
The Delmonico Hotel was upscale establishment; Warhol choosing it for deliberate chaos was peak Factory trolling. One psychiatrist reportedly asked 'Is this a joke?' — no, sir, it was a revolution.
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