Sep 19, 2023 – NYC TAPESTRY: HOME AS REFUGE
NYC TAPESTRY: HOME AS REFUGE Sep 19, 2023 Featuring Laurie Anderson Raven Chacon, Natalie Diaz and thingNY Emel Forró in the Dark Wang Guowei Angélique Kidjo Michael Mwenso Mwenso & the Shakes Curated in Collaboration with Trinity Church Wall Street Programming Consultant Annie Ohayon Directed by Sarah Benson MORE INFO
ZORN @ 70 – August 27, 2023
ZORN@70 at ROULETTE PART THREE: John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Sean Ono Lennon Sunday, August 27, 20238:00 pm Tickets and info
Let X=X Tour screams
Thank you to everyone who came out to see the Let X=X tour. We measured the loudness of every crowd during the “Yoko Ono scream” section and you can see the results in this video. Congratulations to Gothenburg, Sweden for being the loudest audience!
Looking into a Mirror Sideways – Stockholm
Looking into a Mirror Sideways is now open at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. “Looking into a Mirror Sideways” is Laurie Anderson’s largest solo show to date in Europe. It presents a narrative of time, place and existence. Here, a representative selection of the artist’s works from the 1970s up to the present day is complemented with brand new,
Two VR works on display in NYC
Two of Laurie’s virtual reality collaborations with artist Hsin-Chien Huang are on display at Pratt Manhattan Gallery until March 4, 2023. To the Moon (2018), originally commissioned by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, made its US premiere at the Museum of Natural History timed to the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The artist duo reconceptualizes the
In Conversation with Paul D Miller
On the occasion of Laurie Anderson’s exhibition, The Weather, at the Hirshhorn Museum, Editor-at-Large, Paul Miller spoke with Anderson on episode #483 of the New Social Environment. Their discussion touches upon Anderson’s attraction to the taboo, her desire to make a “walk-in comic book filled with words,” and her fascinating collaboration with a supercomputer at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning.
“I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY”: ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH ARTMAKING
In case you missed the conversation between Laurie, Mohammed el-Gharani, and Kweku Mandela…
“The Weather” Programs and Events
A full slate of events (virtual and in-person) relating to The Weather at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC have been announced. Check out all the details at the link: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/laurie-anderson-the-weather/ February 23, 6 pm ET (Online) On Process with Laurie Anderson February 28, 6 pm ET through July 31 (Online) Screening: Laurie Anderson’s “Personal Service Announcements”
Norton Lectures: Spending the War Without You
Thank you to everyone who tuned in to watch the Norton Lecture series “Spending the War Without You” over the last 10 months. Now that it’s completed, all 6 lectures are available to watch any time on youtube. Catch up on the lectures you missed, rewatch your favorites, share these with anyone you think might enjoy them for the first
Norton Lecture 5: The City
REGISTER HERE Lecture 5: The City | Laurie Anderson: Spending the War Without You Wednesday, November 10, 5pm EST Laurie Anderson presents Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. The City is the fifth in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with ambiguity and beauty. This talk will consider
Press Roundup
Laurie Anderson Has a Message for Us Humans Laurie Anderson is why we have multimedia art. Her story comes full circle at the Hirshhorn. Looking Back While Facing Forward: Laurie Anderson at the Hirshhorn The Weather Synthesizes a Career and Considers a Crisis Elephant #46 – Autumn/Winter 2021
Current Exhibitions
Mass MoCA:
Chalkroom & Aloft
Laurie has several pieces on display through 2018 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA.
The show includes 2 new virtual reality pieces, the Lolabelle in the Bardo drawing series, a listening room, the Handphone Table and a new ERST videopiece.
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Projects In Focus
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Heart Of A Dog
A cinematic tone poem that flows from a sustained meditation on death and other forms of absence, the film seamlessly weaves together thoughts on Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnation, the modern surveillance state, and the artistic lives of dogs, with an elegy for the filmmaker’s beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle, at its heart.
