Circle of Friends: A Conversation with Alice Hutchins

Abstract

The dialogue addresses the context to which Paris-based artists of the 1960s responded, culminating in the 1968 worker and student strikes in May of 1968. In addition, insights are provided into the community structure of the New York-based Fluxus circle and evidence is presented which illustrates that this "art culture" served as a support mechanism for an international group of artists who shared similar convictions about the function of the art experience and the responsibility of the art maker.