• THE Q&A: LAURIE ANDERSON, PERFORMANCE ARTIST

    Laurie Anderson, a New York-based performance artist, has carved a unique niche for herself over the past three decades. Her multimedia stage shows often address big topics, such as war and nationality in “Homeland” (2008), space and time in “The End of the Moon” (2005), and feature dazzling video images, beautiful synthesised sonorities, her lullaby voice and trademark electronic violin. Her new show, “Delusion”, is a beguiling montage of largely personal stories—about her mother (who died last year), rat terrier Lolabelle, her hopes and dreams. The show premièred at the Vancouver Culture Olympiad in February, and is Anderson’s most poetic work to date.

    Petite and spiky-haired at 62, Anderson is in meditative mood. Having shot to unexpected international fame in the early 1980s on the back of a hit single, “O Superman”, Anderson has followed her own lights and claims to have no interest in pop culture, despite being married to a giant of the genre, Lou Reed. They share a home in Manhattan, though rarely work together. This summer marks an exception, as they are co-curating a new arts festival called Vivid, which will take place in Sydney from May 27th to June 21st. Later in the year she will also be mounting an art show in Brazil. Anderson seems most comfortable when she is working. She often has half a dozen projects going at any given time.  read more »


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  • "PROP 8 - THE MUSICAL"

    This is pretty good:



    Reminds me of that notorious letter to Dr Laura--that bossy, conservative meddler of the radio--that once circulated the internet. And frankly, it makes me feel somewhat sheepish for continuing to keep my diet shellfish free. ~ EMILY BOBROW

     


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