In this dialogue between the audience and Beuys, recorded at the New School for Social Research in New York, the artist presents his theories of art as "social sculpture" and interacts with the audience. (Audience members included Claes Oldenburg and Al Hansen.)The evident tension in the audience gives some indication of the sharply divided response to Beuys' project at the time. The dialogue was Beuys' first ever public event in the United States.