The Factory was Andy Warhol's original New York City studio from 1963 to 1968, although his later studios were known as The Factory as well. The Factory was located on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was "only about one hundred dollars a year." Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist associated with the definition of Pop Art. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... It is a street in New York City. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ...

Factory Regulars

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The Studio

Famed for its groundbreaking parties, the Factory was the hip hangout for artsy types, amphetamine users, and the Warhol superstars. This is where Warhol's workers would make silkscreens and lithographs. In 1968, Andy moved the Factory to the sixth floor of 33 Union Square West, near Max's Kansas City. Traditional hat toss celebration at a graduation ceremony at the United States Naval Academy A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. ... Amphetamine (alpha-methyl-phenethylamine), is a stimulant that is now primarily used to treat narcolepsy and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ... The Warhol Superstars refers to a coterie of New York personalities promoted by Andy Warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Screen-printing, also known as silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged single-color image using a stencil and a porous fabric. ... Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ... Maxs Kansas City was a nightclub (upstairs) and restaurant (downstairs) between 17th and 18th Streets, on Park Avenue South in New York City. ...

Speaking in 2002, John Cale said "It wasn't called the Factory for nothing. It was where the assembly line for the silkscreens happened. While one person was making a silkscreen, somebody else would be filming a screen test. Every day something new." [1] John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... 1913 Ford Model T assembly line. ... Screen Test was a British childrens quiz show produced by the BBC which ran from 1969 to 1984. ...

By the time Warhol had become famous, he was working day and night on his paintings. To create his art, Warhol used silkscreens so that he could mass-produce images the way capitalist corporations mass produce consumer goods. In order to continue working the way he did, he assembled a menagerie of porn stars, drag queens, drug addicts, musicians, and free-thinkers that became known as the Warhol superstars, to help him. These "art-workers" helped him create his paintings, starred in his films, and basically developed the atmosphere that the Factory has become legendary for. The Warhol superstars were a group of people gathered by Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, and Gerard Malanga to be in Warhols films and accompany him in his social life. ...

The Silver Factory

The original Factory was often referred to by those who frequented it as the Silver Factory. Covered with tin foil and silver paint, the Factory was decorated by Warhol's friend Billy Name, who was also the in-house photographer at the Factory. Warhol would often bring in silver balloons to drift around the ceiling. Billy Name (born 22 February 1940 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Original name: William Billy Linich) is an American artist, photographer, film-maker and was a close friend to Andy Warhol and one of the Warhol superstars. ...

Upon visiting Billy Name's apartment, which had been decorated in a similar manner, Warhol fell in love with the idea and asked him to do the same for his recently purchased loft. The silver represented the decadence of the scene, as well as the proto-glam of the early sixties. Silver, fractured mirrors, and tin foil were the basic decorating materials loved by the early amphetamine users of the sixties. Billy Name was the perfect person to take this style and cover the whole factory, even the elevator. By combining the industrial structure of the unfurnished studio with the glitter of silver and what it represented, Warhol was commenting on American values, as he did so often in his art. The years spent at the Factory were known as the Silver Era, not solely because of the design, but because of the decadent and carefree lifestyle full of money, parties, drugs and fame. In historical context The factual accuracy of this section of this article is disputed. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ...

Aside from his two-dimensional art, Andy also used the Factory as a base to make shoes, films, commissions, sculptures and just about everything else that the Warhol name could be attached to and sold. His first commissions consisted of a single silkscreen portrait for $25,000, with additional canvases in other colors for $5,000 each. He later made that $20,000. Warhol used a large portion of his income to finance the lifestyle of his Factory friends, practically showering them with resources. A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ...

Music in the Factory

The Factory became a meeting place of artists and musicians such as Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Truman Capote and Mick Jagger. Other, less frequent visitors included Salvador Dalí and Allen Ginsberg. Warhol collaborated with Reed's influential New York rock band The Velvet Underground in 1965, and designed the famous cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico, the band's debut album. The album cover consisted of a plastic yellow banana that the listener could actually peel off to reveal a flesh-hued version of the banana. Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Robert Allen Zimmerman (born May 24, 1941), better known by his stage name Bob Dylan, is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Truman Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Pubol or Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish (Catalan) artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. ... Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The Velvet Underground (sometimes abbreviated as The Velvets or VU) was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico was The Velvet Undergrounds 1967 debut album. ...

Similarly for Jagger, Warhol designed the album cover for the Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers. The well endowed male crotch on the front was one of the Factory regulars. Warhol took shots of several friends and kept the identity of the chosen crotch a secret, although many speculate that it was either Joe Dallesandro or Corey Tippin. The photograph contained an unzippable fly. Both album covers are widely regarded as some of the greatest album art of all time. Image File history File links Album cover of the Velvet Undergrounds Velvet Underground and Nico This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Image File history File links Album cover of the Velvet Undergrounds Velvet Underground and Nico This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Sticky Fingers is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1971. ... Andy Warhol presents: Joe Dallesandro in Paul Morrisseys Flesh 1968 Joseph Angelo (Joe) Dallesandro (born December 31, 1948 in Pensacola, Florida) is an Italian American actor known for his voluptuous physical beauty, on-screen nudity and openly stated bisexuality. ...

Warhol included the Velvet Underground in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a spectacle that combined art, rock, Warhol films and dancers of all kinds, as well as live S&M enactments and imagery. The Velvet Underground and EPI used the Factory as a place to rehearse, though the definition of "rehearsal" should only be taken loosely. Exploding. ...

Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed's best known song from his solo career, was released on his first commercially successful solo album Transformer. The song is about the superstars he hung out with at the Factory. He mentions Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis and Joe Campbell (referred to in the song by his Factory nickname Sugar Plum Fairy). Walk on the Wild Side is a Lou Reed song from his 1972 sophomore solo album Transformer. ... Transformer is Lou Reeds breakthrough second solo album, released in November, 1972. ... The Warhol superstars were a group of people gathered by Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, and Gerard Malanga to be in Warhols films and accompany him in his social life. ... Holly Woodlawn Holly Woodlawn (born October 26, 1946) was a Warhol superstar, who appeared in his movies Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1972). ... Candy Darling Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 - March 21, 1974) was a pre-op transsexual Warhol superstar who starred in Andy Warhols films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971). ... Andy Warhol presents: Joe Dallesandro in Paul Morrisseys Flesh 1968 Joseph Angelo (Joe) Dallesandro (born December 31, 1948 in Pensacola, Florida) is an Italian American actor known for his voluptuous physical beauty, on-screen nudity and openly stated bisexuality. ... John Holder Jr. ...

Sexual radicals

Andy Warhol commented on mainstream America through his art while disregarding its strict social views. Nudity, graphic sexuality, drug use, same-sex relations and transgender characters appear in some form in almost all of his work filmed at the Silver Factory. Considered socially unacceptable, even appalling at the time, theaters showing his underground films were sometimes raided and the staff arrested for obscenity. Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ...

However, by making the films, Warhol created a sexually lenient environment at the Factory for the happenings that they staged, such as fake drag weddings, porn theater rentals, and vulgar plays. A large amount of free love took place in the scene, as sexuality in the 1960's was becoming more open. The Factory is where Lou Reed had sex with Billy Name, as did Warhol and many others. Sex was practically a must for anyone hanging around, and was encouraged by Warhol, who used footage of sexual acts between his friends in his work. The term free love has been used since at least the nineteenth century to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage, especially for women. ... Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Billy Name (born 22 February 1940 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Original name: William Billy Linich) is an American artist, photographer, film-maker and was a close friend to Andy Warhol and one of the Warhol superstars. ...

Also part of 'the scene' at the factory were famous drag queens such as Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, and Candy Darling. As an artist, Andy Warhol frequently used these girls and other sexual non-conformists in his films, plays, and on-goings. While drag queens and transsexuals had previously been viewed by society as just freaks and depressing weirdos, Andy Warhol made them sexual radicals. Holly Woodlawn Holly Woodlawn (born October 26, 1946) was a Warhol superstar, who appeared in his movies Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1972). ... John Holder Jr. ... Candy Darling Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 - March 21, 1974) was a pre-op transsexual Warhol superstar who starred in Andy Warhols films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971). ... Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in drag, clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ...

Because of the constant drug use and the presence of sexually liberal artists and radicals, drugged orgies were a frequent happening at the Factory. Andy met friend Ondine at an orgy in 1962. Ondine (June 16, 1937 - January 1, 1989) was an American actor, probably best known for appearing in a series of Warhol-directed films in the mid-1960s. ...

Ondine "I was at an orgy, and he [Warhol] was, ah, this great presence in the back of the room. And this orgy was run by a friend of mine, and, so, I said to this person, 'Would you please mind throwing that thing [Warhol] out of here?' And that thing was thrown out of there, and when he came up to me the next time, he said to me, 'Nobody has ever thrown me out of a party.' He said, 'You know? don't you know who I am?' And I said, 'Well, I don't give a good flying fuck who you are. You just weren't there. You weren't involved...'" [2]

Still from Couch

Warhol would often arrange three or four friends on the red couch they had in the middle of the Factory, and film them having sex. Couch and Blow Job are two examples. Image File history File links Thecouch. ... Image File history File links Thecouch. ... Blow Job is a 1963 short film directed by Andy Warhol. ...

The Couch

Not only was Billy Name responsible for the silver look of the Factory, but he also found The Factory's beloved red couch. He discovered it on the sidewalk of 47th street during one of his "midnight outings." He dragged it back to the Factory, where it quickly became a favorite place for Factory guests to crash, usually after coming down from speed. During its stay at the Factory, the couch became a focal point for many photographs and films from the Silver era, including "Couch" and "Blowjob". Ironically, it was stolen in 1968 during the move when they left it on the sidewalk for a short while.

Regulars

Mary Woronov

Ultra Violet

Friends of Warhol and superstars who hung around the Factory include Gerard Malanga, Ondine, Ivy Nicholson, Ingrid Superstar, Anita Pallenberg, Nico, The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, and John Cale), Candy Darling, Jeremiah Newton, Jackie Curtis, Frank Holliday, Holly Woodlawn, Viva, Billy Name, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Freddie Herko, Mario Montez, Mick Jagger, Edie Sedgwick, Joe Dallesandro, Naomi Levine, Paul Morrisey, Truman Capote, Taylor Mead, Mary Woronov, Ronnie Cutrone, Jane Forth, Lenny Dahl, Baby Jane Holtzer, Ultra Violet, Brigid Polk, Paul America, Penny Arcade, Bobby Driscoll, and John Giorno, although there were many, many other visitors. 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Gerard Joseph Malanga (born New York, March 20, 1943) is a contemporary North American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist. ... Ondine (June 16, 1937 - January 1, 1989) was an American actor, probably best known for appearing in a series of Warhol-directed films in the mid-1960s. ... Anita Pallenberg (born January 25, 1944 in Rome, Italy) is a model, actress and fashion designer. ... For the prequel to Ico, see Shadow of the Colossus. ... The Velvet Underground (sometimes abbreviated as The Velvets or VU) was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. ... Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr (East Meadow, New York, August 28, 1942 – August 30, 1995 in Poughkeepsie, NY) was one of the founding members of influential rock group The Velvet Underground, playing lead, rhythm and bass guitar and singing backing vocals. ... 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Films

Warhol started shooting movies in the Factory around 1963, when work began on Kiss. Warhol would screen movies at the Factory for his friends before they were released for public audiences. When Warhol could not find traditional theaters to show some of his more provocative films, he would sometimes turn to night-clubs or porn theaters. Here is listed all movies filmed entirely or partly at The Factory. Warhol also shot other films not on this list, however many have been lost or were never completed.

1963

• Kiss
• Rollerskate
• Haircut no. 1
• Haircut no. 2
• Haircut no. 3

1964

• Handjob
• Blow Job
• Screen Tests (1964-1966)
• Jill Johnson Dancing
• Eat
• Couch
• Henry Geldzahler
• Shoulder
• Taylor Mead's Ass
• Mario Banana
• Harlot
• 13 Most Beautiful Women
• 13 Most beautiful Boys
• 50 Fantastics and 50 Personalities

1965 Blow Job is a 1963 short film directed by Andy Warhol. ... Andy Warhols Screen Tests consist of several-minute unbroken shots of Factory regulars, Warhol superstars, guests, friends, or anyone he thought has star potential. Warhol would place them in a booth, and tell them to stare at the camera and not blink. ... Eat was a movie created in 1963 by Andy Warhol. ... Taylor Meads Ass is a 1965 film by Andy Warhol, which features Taylor Mead doing odd things with his ass. ...

• John and Ivy
• Screen Test #1
• Screen Test #2
• Drink
• Suicide (Screen Test #3)
• Horse
• Vinyl
• Bitch
• Poor Little Rich Girl
• Face
• Afternoon
• Beauty No. 1
• Beauty No. 2
• Space
• Factory Diaries
• Outer and Inner Space
• Prison
• The Fugs and the Holy Modal Rounders
• My Hustler
• Camp
• More Milk, Yvette
• Lupe

1966 A short black-and-white experimental film directed by Andy Warhol. ... Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1965 Andy Warhol film starring Edie Sedgwick. ... Beauty No. ... More Milk, Yvette (1966) is probably Andy Warhols best known film from the days at The Factory. ...

• Ari and Mario
• Eating Too fast
• The Velvet Underground & Nico: A Symphony of Sound
• Hedy
• The Beard
• Salvador Dalí
• Superboy
• The Chelsea Girls
• The Bob Dylan Story
• The Kennedy Assassination
• Mrs. Warhol
• Kiss the Booy
• The Andy Warhol Story
• A Christmas Carol
• **** (four stars)

1967 Salvador Dalí is a Warhol film from The Factory about Salvador Dalí visiting the Factory meeting The Velvet Underground. ... Chelsea Girls is a 1966 film directed by Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol. ...

• Imitation of Christ
• I, a Man
• The Loves of Ondine
• Bikeboy
• Tub Girls
• Nude Restaurant
• Sunset

1968 I, a Man is an Andy Warhol film from 1967. ...

• Lonesome Cowboys
• Flesh
• Blue Movie
• Trash (1968-1969)
• Women in Revolt (1968-1971)

Later movies were filmed away from the Factory, or in another one of Warhol's New York apartments. Flesh or Andy Warhols Flesh is a 1968 film directed by Paul Morrissey. ... Blue Movie (1969), a. ... Trash (a. ...

Criminal intent

As the infamous studio and hangout of Warhol, the Factory drew a fair amount of attention from New Yorkers, and became a crime scene on several occasions. On June 3, 1968, Factory regular Valerie Solanas shot Warhol and his friend Mario Amaya, and attempted to shoot Fred Hughes before leaving, but the gun jammed. Warhol and Amaya survived. After the shooting, Warhol drastically reduced his public accessibility. However, in 1971, two junkies brandishing pistols broke in, grabbed Joe Dallesandro's baby, and demanded money and to see Warhol. Warhol had retreated into the editing room with Jed Johnson and Joe Dallesandro, who announced to the intruders that the police had already been called. There were no injuries. Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 26, 1988) was an American radical feminist writer who struggled to be recognized for her writing but became famous for having shot the artist Andy Warhol in 1968. ...

Video

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