Feist, Martha Wainwright Head to Greenland For Cape Farewell Sep 20, 2008
They are taking part in Cape Farewell, a British program that this year has invited such musical talents as Jarvis Cocker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Anderson and Robyn Hitchcock, as well as Canadians Feist and Martha Wainwright, for a scientific, as well as artistic, exploration of the North. The program is meant to inspire works about climate change whether pop songs, novels, photos or poems and to instigate a cultural response to climate change. (Exclaim!)
Beyond recognition Sep 13, 2008
Laurie Anderson has just finished a soundcheck ... The photograph of Laurie Anderson - her eyes closed to the world - becomes a photograph that Anderson has used to represent herself over and over ... Antonioli's 10 minutes with Laurie Anderson began a decade before her meeting in Turin. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MUSIC NOTES: 'Idol' Phil Stacey at Landing Sep 12, 2008
- Performance artist Laurie Anderson plays Tuesday night at UF's Phillips Center. Expect some music, some stories coming from someone who's not quite like anyone else. (Florida Times-Union)
New bride KT Tunstall set for arctic adventure - just two weeks ... Sep 8, 2008
Tunstall, 33, will be joined by ex-Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, singer Martha Wainwright and rock legend Lou Reed's artist wife Laurie Anderson on the expedition. The trip aims to raise awareness about global warming. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Coats of many colors Aug 28, 2008
Visitors in the 70s included Laurie Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Spalding Gray and many others. Alternative art was the big thing in the 70s, Clough says, and we were really beginning a new movement an alternative to museums, an alternative to galleries, and the ways that people looked at art. (Westerly Sun, RI)
WHERE THE STARS WERE SCHOOLED Jun 26, 2008
WHERE THE STARS WENT TO SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY STUDIED - New York Post. It's graduation time. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Young festival starts to take shape Jun 17, 2008
Many of the smash hits - National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch, Tim Supple's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Mark Morris Dance Group and Laurie Anderson, to name a few - came from outside Canada. Joni Mitchell was virtually alone among top-level Canadian stars, proving Luminato is still far from a must-play date for Canada's big names. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A wall of wonderful women Jun 13, 2008
Shifting gears to a creative American woman, musician Laurie Anderson recently had her long-time partner and newly minted husband, rock star Lou Reed, join her for a three-song finale at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.. Rumour has it they are planning a similar treat for Toronto audiences at her shows tonight and tomorrow. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Jewish museum sees light after years of delays Jun 9, 2008
Upstairs in the Yud gallery - a spirit-lifting space with a 65-foot ceiling and light streaming through 36 diamond-shaped windows - new music and stories by an eclectic range of artists, among them rocker Lou Reed, performance artist Laurie Anderson and minimalist composer Terry Riley, will play over the next six months. Each piece is based on a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. (San Francisco Chronicle)
This Day in History Jun 5, 2008
Performance artist Laurie Anderson is 61. Country singer Gail Davies is 60. (Montana Standard, MT)
Luca Mundaca May 8, 2008
And her voice has been compared to female icons such as MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) singer Marisa Monte, who has worked with David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Yet she remained focused on her own art. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Adults are idiots' Apr 7, 2008
Laurie Anderson tells all to John O'Mahony ... During a recent Boston performance of Laurie Anderson's new show, Homeland, a rather extraordinary thing happened ... Take the lyrics to Only an Expert: "And if a country tortures people/ And holds citizens without cause or trial and sets up military tribunals/ This is also not a problem/ Unless there's an expert who says it's the beginning of a problem." Given that Homeland is a Laurie Anderson show, there are also whimsical numbers such as The... (Guardian Unlimited)
Telluride taps Slavoj Zizek Apr 1, 2008
Previous guest directors of Telluride include Salman Rushdie, Laurie Anderson, Errol Morris, Donald Richie, B. Ruby Rich, John Boorman, Peter Bogdanovich and Don DeLillo. Links posted in this story. (Variety)
Anderson hits home with her personal, provocative stories Mar 31, 2008
Laurie Anderson performed 16 songs in a 95-minute show ... For all her avant-garde reputation and coded contemplations on the human condition, Laurie Anderson remains one of our most charismatic modern storytellers, the gold standard in musical commentary. (Boston Globe)
Laurie Anderson Mar 27, 2008
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Lou Reed, David Byrne, Norah Jones, Moby Head Up Anti-War Benefit Concert In New York Mar 20, 2008
"I remember watching it on television and thinking, 'Oh f---, it's begun and we're gonna be here forever,' " he said at a press conference on Tuesday night prior to "Speak Up: A Benefit Concert for Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home," an anti-war concert that featured short sets from an eclectic lineup including Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Norah Jones, Antony Hegarty, the Scissor Sisters, Blonde Redhead and Damien Rice ... Laurie Anderson offered up her techno-flavored protest song... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Cabaret: Meow Meow Dec 30, 2007
The glamorously manic diva was personally selected by David Bowie for High Line, a New York festival he curated in May, which also featured Ricky Gervais, Laurie Anderson and Arcade Fire on its inaugural bill. Any questions about who might lurk behind the velvet-voiced one are met with a delicate smile and a gracious warning. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Outside the box ... and the frame Dec 23, 2007
But he didn't get around to reading it until several years later when two other friends, musicians Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson - Schnabel is a fabulous name-dropper - visited him at his home in Montauk, N.Y. Spotting the memoir in a pile of books, Anderson started to read it and afterward recommended it to Schnabel. Continued on. (Globe and Mail)
Time to stop talking Dec 20, 2007
New York performance artist Laurie Anderson identified another generational shift during her visit to Australia in October. Having spent her professional life immersed in communication and technology, she was gobsmacked to watch a YouTube interview in which a 15-year-old girl freely abdicated all rights and interest in privacy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Review: 'The Missing Peace' asks artists to ponder the Dalai Lama Dec 18, 2007
Laurie Anderson contributes a very engaging work, "From the Air" (2006), in the form of a performance video of herself and her dog, projected on tiny ceramic figures. It offers the strange sensation of watching theater in miniature. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Luminato 2008 thinks Canadian Dec 6, 2007
There will be several Canadian premieres as well, including director Tim Supple's inventive seven-language take on A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring 23 dancers, street acrobats, martial arts experts, musicians, actors and performers from across India and Sri Lanka; Black Watch, an acclaimed production by the National Theatre of Scotland; City of Abstracts and Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time by choreographer William Forsythe; Homeland - a "concert poem" by American multimedia... (Globe and Mail)
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama Dec 6, 2007
Curated by Randy Rosenberg, formerly the curator for the art collections of The World Bank and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the roster of artists includes: Marina Abramovic, Seyed Alavi, Jane Alexander, El Anatsui, Laurie Anderson, Ken Aptekar, Richard Avedon, Kirsten Bahrs Janssen, Chase Bailey, Tayseer Baraket, Sanford Biggers, Phil Borges, Dove Bradshaw, Guy Buffet, Dario Campanile, Andy Cao, Squeak Carnwath, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Chuck Close, Constantino Ciervo, Christo... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Court, controversy for dismantled Bucher exhibition at Mass Moca Oct 25, 2007
To Laurie Anderson, the performance artist who has worked with Mass MoCA in the past, the Buchel case represents every museum's worst fear. "This is like a snake pit, and it can go so wrong if it's not really handled right and everybody's not moving in the same time frame," said Anderson recently by phone from Monterrey, Mexico. (North County Times)
Labels add nothing to charms Oct 23, 2007
Laurie Anderson's work still wears this term, but uncomfortably, like old jeans that are now too tight. More than an avant-garde, she represents the growing meaninglessness of labels. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Laurie Anderson performs Oct 21, 2007
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Christoph Bchel and Mass MoCA: The dismantling of an exhibition Oct 21, 2007
To Laurie Anderson, the performance artist who has worked with Mass MoCA in the past, the B chel case represents every museum's worst fear. "This is like a snake pit, and it can go so wrong if it's not really handled right and everybody's not moving in the same time frame," said Anderson recently by phone from Monterrey, Mexico. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Frosty, fabulous Melbourne Aug 23, 2007
Headliners will include Dan Zanes and Friends, Laurie Anderson, dancers Chunky Move and a popular contemporary theatre collective from The Netherlands, Dood Paard. Wining and dining. (NEWS.com.au)
The Lobo threesome Aug 22, 2007
Santa Fe resident Laurie Anderson has reissued Big Science, her first full-length album. Anderson was the first, last and only artist-in-residence for NASA. Her master's study in sculpture at Columbia University is readily apparent in the electronic-based, orchestral, spoken-word sonic sculptures she creates. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
Resident dynamo reveals third act Jul 20, 2007
The bridge between big-name acts and cutting-edge performers is provided by singer-composer Laurie Anderson, whose new production, Homeland, was co-commissioned by the festival an involvement that Edmunds describes as significant because it sped up creation of the show. Anderson's acclaimed film Hidden Inside Mountains will also be screened at ACMI.. (The Age)
From poison to dynamo Jul 20, 2007
July 20, 2007 01:11am AEST. KRISTY Edmunds has finally cracked it. (The Australian)
Kristy Edmunds and Nimrod Weis and Steven Mieszelewicz Jul 19, 2007
This years festival runs from October 11th to 27th, and will feature a return of the popular Famous Spiegeltent and a range of artists including Barrie Kosky, Laurie Anderson, Merce Cunningham, Badi Assad, and Daniel Kitson. Kristy comes from Portland, Oregon. (ABC Regional Online)
How Bleak City got its groove back Jul 18, 2007
Laurie Anderson, Chunky Move, Badi Assad, the choreographer Shaun Parker, William Yang, Kiki & Herb and numerous shows at the Famous Spiegeltent are also part of the line-up. It's a program that Australia's once pre-eminent cultural platform, the biennial Adelaide Festival, could boast about. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
6/21: SMoCA Nights: 'Sputnik' Jun 19, 2007
The exhibition features work from 16 international artists, including former artist-in-residence at NASA Laurie Anderson. It deals with the ways in which space exploration, in its successes and its failures, has affected American culture. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
UNDERGROUND ANXIETY Apr 13, 2007
It dominates today s art world; he might have lasted longer as a pop dilettante of the David Byrne, Laurie Anderson survivor school. In a sobering late interview, Smith explained himself to Jordan That s my fault. (New York Press)
Arcade Fire among Bowie invitees for New York fest Apr 1, 2007
Also set to appear: the Polyphonic Spree, Air, Deerhoof, the Secret Machines, Laurie Anderson and 87-year-old spoken-word poet Ken Nordine. AP. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Gervais gig a highlight for High Line Mar 27, 2007
Laurie Anderson is also slated to perform, and Bowie has put together a program of his favorite Spanish-language films. Fest runs through various venues around Gotham, including the Hammerstein Ballroom, Theater at Madison Square Garden, the High Line Ballroom, Radio City Music Hall and Irving Plaza. (Variety)
Arcade Fire, Air Set For Bowie-Curated Festival Mar 27, 2007
" The H&M-sponsored festival will also boast a May 19 show by comedian Ricky Gervais, performances by Laurie Anderson and John Cameron Mitchell, a public art exhibition and screenings of Bowie's 10 favorite Spanish-language films. According to Bowie's site, the artist "hopes to be adding a few more artists plus some support acts that aren't in place yet. " Bagpipes and trumpet work from a previously unknown Latin musician are among the new sounds to be heard on the White Stripes' "Icky Thump,"... (MediaWeek.com)
Arts Council presents staged reading Mar 23, 2007
As in previous years, an ensemble of professional actors will perform excerpts from plays by David Ives, Beth Henley, Laurie Anderson, Shel Silverstein and Jane Anderson. Along with Briner, the cast includes his wife, Geri Gould, Gus Erspamer, Stephen St. Raymond, Jane Burns, Claire Wilkes and Bob Petrucelli of Easton, Dennis Jackson of Trumbull and Lacy Accardi of Fairfield. (Easton Courier, CT)
Billboard Bits: Gwen Stefani, Tibet House, Peter Gabriel... Jan 24, 2007
Lou Reed, Ray Davies, Patti Smith, Blondie's Debbie Harry, Sigur Ros and Laurie Anderson have signed on for the 17th annual Tibet House benefit, to be held Feb. 26 at New York's Carnegie Hall. Artistic director Philip Glass will also perform. (Billboard.com)
BEAM Foundation Launches Capital Campaign for the Future of New Music Jan 18, 2007
McMillen's inventions have been used by thousands of professional musicians including Laurie Anderson, Jean-Luc Ponty and the Kronos Quartet. Entertainment thought leader Will Wright, creator of Sim City and Spore says, "NuRoque is at the forefront of music and technology. Unlike many other cutting edge endeavors, they are guided by their sense of art rather than by the tools involved." Futurist Jaron Lanier, the inventor of "Virtual Reality," says, "NuRoque is the start of a new musical... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New York Art Nov 1, 2006
Among about 500 works dating from 1945 to 2000, on loan from artists, private collections and museums worldwide, will be masterpieces by icons like Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Richard Avedon, Frank Lloyd Wright, Laurie Anderson and Woody Allen. "Our exhibition 'SuperWarhol' was so successful three years ago, we thought the New York theme would draw equally large crowds," said Sylvie Biancheri, general manager of the Grimaldi Forum, a cultural institution and convention... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Andy Warhol documentary is positive to a fault Sep 20, 2006
Movies Restaurants Food Calendar Music Theater/Arts TV Books Celebrity news Games. Warhol was a genius, so we're told. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Rudi Stern, 69; Artist Was Known for His Work With Neon Aug 21, 2006
Over the years, Stern created neon signs for the Broadway show "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and work for shows by several performance and musical artists, including Laurie Anderson. . (Los Angeles Times)
Movie Soundtrack Aug 18, 2006
Joshua Radin delivers a Simon nkle vibe of softly sung vocals and minimal acoustic accompaniment on "Star Mile." This slides into Turin Brake's skidding, upbeat acoustic shuffle "Pain Killer," which in turn melts into Coldplay's "Warning Sign" before tipping gently into Cary Brothers' Bono inspired vocalistics on "Ride." Next up is Athlete's bouncy mid-tempo jubilance "El Salvador." Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" is a stripped down, almost Laurie Anderson sounding number that creates a wispy,... (IGN FilmForce)
* Tune in, turn on, chill out Jun 29, 2006
With Huang Po-chih's () strangely titled Flov"er, one can stop and, well, not smell, but see roses. The artist scanned 10,000 roses over a four-month period to make a work that is extremely time-consuming. Speed and time are relative terms as demonstrated in Chen Chih-chien's () Date Line, a work of digital photos of the Ximen area shot during a 24-hour period, then made into a 5-minute collage that used over 2.5 million frames to show the "now " and the "then" together. These... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Our Fascination Has Made This Hero A Multimedia Man Jun 28, 2006
"O Superman," Laurie Anderson. "Superman's Dead," Our Lady Peace. (The Ledger)
Billboard Bits: ACM Awards, Blues & Brews, Celebrate Brooklyn... May 16, 2006
TV On The Radio, Los Lonely Boys, Yo La Tengo, Maceo Parker, Laurie Anderson, Angelique Kidjo and Leela James are among the acts confirmed for this summer's edition of the free Celebrate Brooklyn concert series, which will be held in the borough's Prospect Park from June through August. As part of Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars series, Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet will perform along with 1931's "Dracula," while Bill Frisell will offer a live score to short films by Buster Keaton... (Billboard.com)
