Anh Thuy’s Reviews > Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life (Volume 3) > Status Update

"The Sixties" essay goes beyond art historical context to establish the cultural, political and even moral necessity (the freedom, privacy of art making) for Happening in the context of "culture industry" ( *He didn't use this term) in America while detailing three basic characteristics of Happening: Context, Chance and Impermanence. It is not revolutionary now, knowing everything one already knew about performance.

"The Sixties" essay goes beyond art historical context to establish the cultural, political and even moral necessity (the freedom, privacy of art making) for Happening in the context of "culture industry" ( *He didn't use this term) in America while detailing three basic characteristics of Happening: Context, Chance and Impermanence.