Laurie Anderson PSP Avant-Garde Poetess Laureate Award

Nov 17, 2024 17:19

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Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist,
musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.



Initially trained in violin and sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art in New York City during the 1970s,
focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery.

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Anderson became widely known outside the art world in 1981 with the single "O Superman", originally released in a limited quantity by B. George's
One Ten Records, which ultimately reached number two on the British charts.



"O Superman" was part of a larger stage work titled United States and was included on the album Big Science.

Laurie Anderson's first performance-art piece - a symphony played on automobile horns - was performed in 1969. In 1970, she drew the underground
comix Baloney Moccasins, which was published by George DiCaprio. In the early 1970s, she worked as an art instructor, as an art critic for magazines
such as Artforum, and illustrated children's books-the first of which was titled The Package, a mystery story in pictures alone.

"O Superman," from Laurie Anderson's 1982 debut album, 'Big Science'

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Laurie Anderson - Let X=X - Vinyl - at440mla - Big Science 1982

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Violin Walk (Live) Laurie Anderson United States Live (1984)

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Anderson also hosted the PBS series 'Alive from Off Center' during 1987, after having produced the short film What You Mean We? for the series the year before. What You Mean We? introduced a new character played by Anderson: "The Clone", a digitally altered masculine counterpart to Anderson who later "co-hosted" with her when she did her presenting stint on Alive from Off Center. Elements of The Clone were later incorporated into the titular "puppet" of her later work, Puppet Motel.

In that year, 1987, she also appeared on Peter Gabriel's album So, co-writing and performing on the song "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)". (A version of “Excellent Birds” was also released on Mister Heartbreak.)

Peter Gabriel - This is the Picture (Excellent Birds) 1987

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*Spoken Voice Vocals: Laurie Anderson

So 1987

In 2018, Anderson contributed vocals to a re-recording of the David Bowie song "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)",
originally from Bowie's 1987 album Never Let Me Down.

Shining Star (Makin' My Love) (2018) · David Bowie

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Backing Vocals: Carlos Alomar
Additional Guitar: David Bowie
Harmonica, Keyboards, Mellotron, Moog: David Bowie
Producer: David Bowie
Backing Vocals: David Bowie
Producer: David Richards
Guitar: David Torn
Lead Guitar: David Torn
Backing Vocals: Diva Gray
Backing Vocals: Erdal Kizilcay
Assistant Engineer: Ernesto Valenzuela
Backing Vocals: Gordon Grodie
Assistant Engineer: Gosha Usov
Technician: Gustavo Remor
*Spoken Voice Vocals: Laurie Anderson
Backing Vocals: Loni Groves
Mixing Engineer: Mario J. McNulty
Percussion: Mario J. McNulty
Producer: Mario J. McNulty
Additional Recording: Mario J. McNulty
Remastering Engineer: Ray Staff
Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Lead Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Rhythm Guitar: Reeves Gabrels
Backing Vocals: Robin Clark
Drums: Sterling Campbell
Drum Programmer: Steven Wolf
Bass Guitar: Tim Lefebvre
Writer: David Bowie

Loving the Alien (1983 - 1988) ℗ 2018

Chicago Illinois... The noisy windy city
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Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (2021)

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"Let x=x"
"Violin Cello Improv"
"O Superman"

Laurie Anderson: vocals, electronics, violin
Roma Baran: synthesizer
Rubin Kodheli: cello



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