Anderson, Laurie, 1947-
Dates
- Existence: 19470605
Biographical / Historical
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance-art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave. Anderson is a pioneer in electronic music and has invented several devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art shows. In 1977, she created a tape-bow violin that uses recorded magnetic tape on the bow instead of horsehair, and a magnetic tape head in the bridge. In the late 1990s, she developed a talking stick, a six-foot-long baton-like MIDI controller that can access and replicate sounds. Anderson married singer-songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed in 2008. One of the central themes in Anderson's work is exploring the effects of technology on human relationships and communication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Anderson
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Big Science / Laurie Anderson., 1982
Diary May 26-June 11, 1986 / Curtay, Jean-Paul; Acker K; Anderson L; Sabatier R; Dupont A., 1986
Recordworks of the Avant-Garde / Lake, D & E ; Anderson L ; Eno B ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Feldman M ; Duchamp M ; Huelsenbeck R ; Finley K ; General Idea ; Giorno J ; Hansen A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Nannucci M ; Phillips T ; Ono Y ; Riley T ; Snow M., 1996
All items in this catalogue are 12" vinyl recordings issued in an album jacket -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.