doi:10.7916/rznx-jf70Oral history interview with Alex Hay, 2014Hay, Alexoral historiesmixed materialArtistsArt, ModernPerformance art--United StatesHay, AlexRauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008Judson Dance TheaterP.S. 1 Contemporary Art CenterNational Council on the ArtsRobert Rauschenberg FoundationArtist Alex Hay describes his early involvement with Robert Rauschenberg through their dance collaborations with Merce Cunningham. He describes the group's collaborations at Judson Memorial Church and their social scene, which centered at Rauschenberg's loft at 381 Lafayette. He tells stories from travels with Rauschenberg for performances, including the Merce Cunningham world tour in 1964, and travel to Montreal for the World's Fair in 1967. Hay continued painting while making performance art, and describes his piece for 9 Evenings in some depth, as well as other performances and exhibitions of his visual art throughout the 1960s. Hay describes leaving New York and settling in Bisbee, Arizona, where he stewarded the renovation of the Philadelphia Hotel, and continued his visual art practice. He shares some memories from visiting Rauschenberg in Captiva in the early 1970s. He reflects on what qualities are present in the many artists he has known, including Rauschenberg, and what he sees in himself. He describes his current artistic process, and how he negotiates the concept of time, reflecting on time, and place, over the course of his life and in his work, thematically and materially. He shares his reflections on closure, in his relationship with Robert Rauschenberg, in life, and in art