Laurie in Conversation at MASS MoCA

January 16, 4PM

Laurie in conversation with MASS MoCA director Joe Thompson about her latest piece "Delusion", a series of short mystery plays that jump cut between the everyday and the mythic. Laurie is at MASS MoCA for a developmental residency before the world premiere of "Delusion" in February at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
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Laurie at the American Academy in Rome NYC Benefit Cabaret

December 2, 7PM

Laurie will perform as part of the Cabaret benefitting the American Academy in Rome. Additional performances by Lou Reed, Derek Bermel, Molissa Fenley, Oscar Hijuelos, Bob Holman. Film and video by Richard Barnes, Hisham Bizri, Charles Norman Mason, Alex Schweder, Brenda WAy, Carrie Mae Weems. Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk Street, NYC. Doors at 7PM, performances at 8PM.
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Laurie at the NY Institute of the Humanities "Halloween Wonder Cabinet"

October 31, 11:10 AM

Laurie will "rhapsodize on her days hanging out with NASA" (in the words of the Institute press release) as part of a day long procession of "sublimely odd, wonderflecked and just plain cool presentations". At the NYU Cantor Film Center. Free and open to the public.
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Laurie in conversation at Japan Society, NYC

September 30, 6:30PM

Laurie Anderson, Hiroshi Koike & Hiroshi Sugimoto: Remembrance of Things Real & Imagined. Laurie dialogues with Hiroshi Koike, Artistic Director of Pappa Tarahumara, the internationally acclaimed theater/dance company based in Tokyo celebrated for its highly conceptual multidisciplinary productions, and internationally recognized artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, known for his meticulously crafted black-and-white photographs. They will discuss the role of dreams, memory and time in their creative process. Moderated by Barbara London, Curator of Video and Digital Media, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Tickets $15/$12 (Japan Society members & seniors). Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.
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LAURIE at LONGHOUSE RESERVE

July 31

THEN NOW: Laurie Anderson lecture at LongHouse Amphitheater. Laurie will speak on her garden projects in Europe and Japan and reflect on how the Buddhist practice of awareness has inspired her "to see things as they are, to let them be." Friday, July 31 at LONGHOUSE RESERVE, East Hampton, NY. Gardens open at 5:30PM, lecture at 6PM, reception to follow. Tickets: $20, $10 for LHR members. Patrons of the evening: $300 (preferred seating plus dinner following lecture). For tickets: call 631-329-3568 or vist here

LAURIE and LOU present YELLOW PONY preview at Spring Benefits

April 19

In advance of their summer tour "The Yellow Pony and Other Songs and Stories", Laurie and Lou will perform excerpts from the performance at two spring benefits - one for the ICA in Boston on May 1 and another the following evening, May 2 for PEN World Voices in New York City. Check the May APPEARANCES section for details.

LAURIE EXHIBITION AT LOCATION ONE, NYC

posted February 19

In March, Laurie will open an exhibition at Location One in Soho, NYC entitled "From the Air: Two Installations". The exhibition will be on view from March 10 to April 25, 2009. Additionally, on March 5 Laurie will give a special performance at Location One's first ever benefit gala celebrating its tenth anniversary.

LAURIE ANNOUNCED AS VISITING ARTIST FOR NYU ITP PROGRAM

posted February 19

Laurie has been announced as a visiting artist in the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) for Fall 2009. She will meet with ITP students as well as participate in a series of conversations throughout the academic year.

LAURIE ANNOUNCED AS GUEST ARTIST IN PRINCETON ATELIER PROGRAM

posted February 19

Laurie is taking part as a guest artist in the Spring 2009 semester of Princeton University's "Princeton Atelier" program. Founded by Toni Morrison, the Atelier program brings professional artists to campus for intensive collaborative work with students and faculty.

FORUM RENOVATION COMPLETE

posted February 13, 2009

The laurieanderson.com forum is up and running again and has just been renovated with an improved structure and new features. Stop by, register and check it out soon! We're also happy to officially announce our new forum administrators Angelika and Bettina- log into the forum to meet the new moderating team!

LAURIE EXHIBITS NEW ARTWORK AT GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

posted January 24, 2009

Laurie's new sound sculpture "In the House. In the Fire." is included in "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" at the Guggenheim Museum. Exhibition opens Friday, January 30 and is on view until April 19.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Laurie will perform two nights of storytelling. "Laurie Anderson - Transitory Life: Some Stories" will take place on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13, 2009 in the museum's theater.

Laurie & Friends at Brooklyn Academy of Music

posted January 19, 2009

January 21 at 8pm A concert to launch the BAM Next Stage Campaign Curated by Laurie Anderson Featuring: Laurie Anderson Brightblack Morning Light Dirty Projectors James Hall Worship & Praise Nona Hendryx Arturo O'Farrill Poor Baby Bree A new work by Sarah Michelson This January, Laurie Anderson helps kick off the BAM Next Stage Campaign with an evening of music and performance celebrating the adventurous creativity that defines BAM. The incomparable Anderson, known for her own groundbreaking work, brings together a group of diverse artists who all share a drive to create new and original art. Among those joining Anderson is the "fearless, witty and completely individual" (Time Out New York) choreographer Sarah Michelson, last at BAM with her sold-out work DOGS (2006); experimental indie rockers Dirty Projectors; Poor Baby Bree—aka Bree Benton—a fast-rising star in New York's cabaret scene, bringing her vaudevillian persona and an arsenal of parlor tricks to the stage; dreamrock band Brightblack Morning Light, illuminating the evening with their distinctive brand of Southern psychedelia; funk to punk musical chameleon Nona Hendryx belting out a siren's song; Afro-Cuban jazz master Arturo O'Farrill imparting his signature Latin sounds; and James Hall Worship & Praise filling the house with their roof-raising gospel hits. at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Tickets: $25, 35, 50

LAURIE, LOU TO PERFORM TOGETHER AT ARIZONA BENEFIT

posted October 1, 2008

Laurie and Lou have announced their participation in the MIND MEETS MUSIC benefit concert on April 5, 2009 for the Yongey Peace Prevails Center in Phoenix, AZ. The benefit will feature performances by Laurie & Lou together and solo, the local group Lyra, a performance by artist Shangao Cai as well as an introduction to Meditation and Music by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. The benefit will be held at the Chandler Center for the Arts.

LAURIE IN THE ARCTIC

posted September 29, 2008

Check out the following link to the expedition blog for the CAPE FAREWELL DISKO BAY expedition. Laurie is onboard for the next 10 days along with an incredible roster of artists, musicians, writers, designers, environmentalists and a film crew. Daily photos and blog updates on the Cape Farewell site.

HOMETOWN HOMELAND

July 22 - 26, 2008, 8PM

Don't miss Laurie's upcoming 5 nights of HOMELAND at the Lincoln Center Festival in NYC!

Rose Theater, Lincoln Center
Time Warner Center, 5th Floor
Broadway & 60th Street, NYC.

Laurie will be joined by Joey Baron (drums), Rob Burger (keyboards and accordion), Greg Cohen (bass), and Eyvind Kang (viola). Special appearances by Lou Reed and other nightly surprise guests.

Plus: only available at the New York concerts: a special edition tour single on 7" vinyl and ye olde cassette:
A side: Mambo & Bling, B side: Behind the Screen (from "Hidden Inside Mountains").

Special edition Homeland T-shirts will also be available at the New York shows.

PHOTOS FROM "SONGS & STORIES" PERFORMANCE IN BELGIUM

May 27, 2008

Check out the following link to see photos from Laurie's solo performance "Songs & Stories" (featuring a guest appearance by Lou) in Hasselt, Belgium on May 21!

SPEAK UP! A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR PEACE IN IRAQ & JUSTICE AT HOME

TUE MAR 18 | 8PM THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR

Featuring Laurie Anderson, Antony, Blonde Redhead, David Byrne, Norah Jones, Moby, Lou Reed, Damien Rice, The Scissor Sisters and more

General Admission Floor standing | $65
Reserved VIP seating | $125
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There will also be an exhibition of photos from Alive Day Memories, portraits of soldiers injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

New Yorkers have always been visionaries. SPEAK UP is a way to begin to reclaim the voice of our city as revolutionary, awake, and democratic. SPEAK UP is meant not only to encourage empathy and compassion, but also to provide New Yorkers with concrete options for action. In this benefit concert, New York musicians will be joined by speakers from the worlds of politics, media, war and social justice in a call for action. Join us for a powerful evening of music and activism on the eve of the 5th Anniversary of the War in Iraq.

LAURIE TO LECTURE ON ANDY WARHOL

SAT MAR 15, 2008 | 4:30PM

This spring Laurie will deliver one of the inaugural lectures in the American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series - the result of a pioneering partnership between Washington College, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. Laurie will be delivering a lecture on Saturday, March 15 exploring Andy Warhol's "Electric Chair" silkscreen series. Lectures take place in Washington D.C. in the Smithsonian's recently renovated National Historic Landmark building: the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in the Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. Free tickets will be available day of lecture beginning at 3:30PM at the G Street lobby information desk, limit two per person. Eighth and F Streets, N.W. Washington D.C just above the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metrorail station. Additional information: www.ReynoldsCenter.org