Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable

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art performance happening multimedia performance series

Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a mid-1960s multimedia performance series combining live music by The Velvet Underground with experimental film projections, lighting effects, and avant-garde theater.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Andy Warhol Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows	1
Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable	1
Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8075463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Context triple: [Café Bizarre, associatedAct, Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable]

A. A Coney Island of the Mind
A Coney Island of the Mind is a landmark 1958 poetry collection by Beat-associated poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, known for its jazz-influenced free verse and vivid, satirical reflections on postwar American culture.
B. The Soft Parade
The Soft Parade is a 1969 album by American rock band The Doors that is noted for its experimental use of brass and string arrangements alongside their psychedelic rock sound.
C. I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 independent biographical drama film that portrays the life of radical feminist Valerie Solanas and her attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol.
D. Cutting Room Square
Cutting Room Square is a public plaza and social hub in Manchester’s Ancoats district, known for its historic textile-industry setting, outdoor events, and surrounding bars and restaurants.
E. An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music
An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music was the iconic promotional tagline used to market the 1969 Woodstock Festival, emphasizing its countercultural ideals of peace, music, and communal harmony.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Target entity description: Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a mid-1960s multimedia performance series combining live music by The Velvet Underground with experimental film projections, lighting effects, and avant-garde theater.

A. A Coney Island of the Mind
A Coney Island of the Mind is a landmark 1958 poetry collection by Beat-associated poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, known for its jazz-influenced free verse and vivid, satirical reflections on postwar American culture.
B. The Soft Parade
The Soft Parade is a 1969 album by American rock band The Doors that is noted for its experimental use of brass and string arrangements alongside their psychedelic rock sound.
C. I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 independent biographical drama film that portrays the life of radical feminist Valerie Solanas and her attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol.
D. Cutting Room Square
Cutting Room Square is a public plaza and social hub in Manchester’s Ancoats district, known for its historic textile-industry setting, outdoor events, and surrounding bars and restaurants.
E. An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music
An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music was the iconic promotional tagline used to market the 1969 Woodstock Festival, emphasizing its countercultural ideals of peace, music, and communal harmony.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art performance ⓘ happening ⓘ multimedia performance series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	EPI ⓘ
artisticDirector	Andy Warhol ⓘ
associatedWith	New York underground art scene ⓘ The Factory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Andy Warhol ⓘ
endTime	1967 ⓘ
featuredPerformance	The Velvet Underground & Nico songs ⓘ
genre	experimental art ⓘ multimedia performance ⓘ psychedelic light show ⓘ
hasPart	avant-garde theater ⓘ film projections ⓘ light shows ⓘ live music ⓘ
includedElement	audience participation ⓘ dance ⓘ improvisation ⓘ
influenced	multimedia rock concerts ⓘ psychedelic light shows of the late 1960s ⓘ
locationOfFirstPerformance	New York City ⓘ
movement	Pop art ⓘ avant-garde ⓘ
notableVenue	Café Bizarre, New York City ⓘ The Dom, New York City ⓘ
performer	Nico ⓘ The Velvet Underground ⓘ
startTime	1966 ⓘ
subjectOf	art historical studies ⓘ documentary photographs ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-1960s ⓘ
tourLocation	Boston ⓘ Chicago ⓘ Cleveland ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ
usedFilmBy	Andy Warhol ⓘ
usedFilmType	16mm film projections ⓘ
usedLightingEffect	colored spotlights ⓘ slide projections ⓘ strobe lights ⓘ
usedMusicBy	Nico ⓘ The Velvet Underground ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Café Bizarre → associatedAct → Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable ⓘ

subject linked to: Café Bizarre, New York City

The Velvet Underground & Nico → associatedWith → Andy Warhol Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows ⓘ

linked to: Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable

I'm Waiting for the Man → associatedAct → Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable ⓘ

subject linked to: I’m Waiting for the Man