Laurie Anderson
March 24–25, 2003
- Reading: Streaming video, MP3 Audio
- Discussion: Streaming video, MP3 Audio
- See the Kelly Writers House calendar entry for more about this event
- 2003 Fellows seminar notes
Bio
An avant-garde performance artist with a huge popular reputation, Laurie Anderson has written and performed Stories from the Nerve Bible, her remarkable interpretation of Moby-Dick, and United States (opening at BAM in an 8-hour performance). She has toured the world many times with shows ranging from relatively simple spoken-word performances to elaborate multimedia events and exhibits. She has shared a stage with Cab Calloway, toured with William Burroughs, studied art history with Meyer Schapiro, and covered a presidential election for NPR.
March 25 Discussion Segmented by Content
- introduction by Al Filreis (3:19): MP3
- on the Nerve Bible and the body (4:06): MP3
- on the autobiographical nature of the Nerve Bible (1:57): MP3
- on time and responsibility (4:34): MP3
- on ending but not concluding performances (2:28): MP3
- on performing Statue of Liberty at the 2001 Town Hall performance (8:20): MP3
- on starting out as an artist and being in a commune (7:49): MP3
- on technology and media (8:57): MP3
- on Puppet Motel (2:52): MP3
- Anderson's favorite contemporary poets (6:37): MP3
- on the impossibility of technology being sensually subtle (6:27): MP3
- on Melville's bible and Songs and Stories from Moby Dick (8:33): MP3
- on whether or not people are getting better (3:51): MP3