Exploding. Plastic. Inevitable. (often abbreviated as "E.P.I.") was the name of a multimedia roadshow instigated by Andy Warhol and largely organised by his right hand man, Paul Morrissey. Multimedia is the use of several different media to convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, and a major figure in the Pop Art movement. ... Paul Morrissey (Born 1938 in New York City) is a film director. ...

Concept

The show's name was derived by Morrissey through a process of free association as he read aloud the liner notes to Bringing It All Back Home, the 1965 album by Bob Dylan. A Free Association is an association which meets certain mostly negative criteria. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ... Bringing It All Back Home is an album of original songs by American musician Bob Dylan, released on March 22, 1965. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are comparable, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ...

The E.P.I. was based around The Velvet Underground and Nico performing a concert, onto which Warhol simultaneously projected two or more of his films and/or slides. Other elements included dancing by Gerard Malanga and Mary Woronov, strobe lights and regular lightshow, and interactive elements such as any number of the Warhol superstars running around with live microphones firing confrontative questions at the audience. The Velvet Underground (abbreviated as The Velvets or V.U.) were an American rock and roll band of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Nico Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988) was a singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol superstar, best known by her pseudonym Nico. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... A single slide, showing a color transparency in a plastic frame In photography, a transparency is a still, positive image created on a transparent base using photochemical means. ... Gerard Joseph Malanga (born New York, 1943) is a contemporary North American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist. ... Mary Woronov (b. ... A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. ... The Warhol Superstars refers to a coterie of New York personalities promoted by Andy Warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Inside a condenser microphone. ...

Run of the show

The E.P.I. started out in April 1966 in New York City's The Dom, a venue to which Warhol's Silver Factory held the lease. In May of the same year, the E.P.I. took to the road, touring the United States and Canada. Warhol became progressively less involved, sometimes letting someone stand in and pretend to be him. Eventually, the E.P.I. returned to New York City, where the last of its installments was held in May 1967. Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

E.P.I. recordings

Although no E.P.I. show was filmed or recorded professionally in its entirety, many photographs were taken, which regularly appear in Velvet Underground-related articles and books. The back cover photograph on the Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico was taken during an E.P.I. show; on the band's 1995 box set Peel Slowly and See, three songs recorded during 1966 and 1967 E.P.I. shows are included ("Melody Laughter", "Booker T." and "Guess I'm Falling in Love"). A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... A debut album is the first released record album by an artist or a band. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico was The Velvet Undergrounds 1967 debut album. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... Peel Slowly and See is a five-disc box set of material by The Velvet Underground. ...