Oral history interview with Benjamin Patterson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Patterson, Benjamin
label: Interviewer
content: Goncharov, Kathy
topic: label: Occupation
content: Musicians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Assemblage artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Fluxus (Group of artists)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Patterson, Benjamin
label: Interviewer
content: Goncharov, Kathy
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Benjamin Patterson (1934- ) is a Fluxus artist and musician who lives and works in Germany and New York, New York. Patterson was educated at the University of Michigan and plays the double-bass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2009 May 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.patter09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Benjamin Patterson conducted 2009 May 22, by Kathy Goncharov, for the Archives of American Art, at the Patterson's home, in New York, New York.