Laurie Anderson

"Laurie Anderson has consistently intrigued entertained and challenged audiences with her multi-media presentations. Anderson's artistic career has cast her in roles as various as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, ventriloquist, electronics whiz, vocalist and instrumentalist.

Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" launched her recording career, rising to number two on the British pop charts and subsequently appearing on "Big Science," the first of seven albums for Warner Bros., including "Mister Heartbreak," "United States Live," "Strange Angels," "Bright Red," and the soundtrack for her feature film "Home of the brave." Laurie is currently recording her first release for her new label, Nonesuch Records. Her award winning CD-ROM Puppet Motel has just been re-released by voyager.

Ms. Anderson has toured the US and the world numerous times with shows ranging from simple spoken words to elaborate multi-media events. Major works have included "United States I-U" (1983), "Empty Places" (1990), "The Nerve Bible" (1995), her current production is "Songs and stories for Moby Dick" which will be presented in London in May 2000. This multi-media stage performance based on Heman Melville's novel, toured internationally throughout 1999. She has also presented many solo works her most recent, "The Speed of Darkness 1997-1998.

Anderson has published six books; The most recent publication is "Laurie Anderson" by RoseLee Golberg (Abrams 2000) a retrospective of her visual work. Text from Anderson's solo performances appears in the New book "Extreme Exposure" edited by Joe Bonney. Andersons visual work has been presented in many major museums in the US and Europe. She is represented by the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York.

Ms. Anderson has created numerous videos and films, and has contributed music to films by Wim Wenders and Jonothan Demme; dance pieces by Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Molissa Fenley and a score for Robert LePage's "Far side of the moon" theater production. She has created pieces for National Public Radio, The BBC and Expo '92 in Seville. In 1997 she curated the two- week Meltdown festival at Royal Festival Hall in London. Her orchestra work "Songs for A. E." premiered at Carnegie Hall in February 2000 played by the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davis.

Recognized worldwide as a leader in the groundbreaking use of technology in the arts, Ms. Anderson recently collaborated with Interval Research Corporation, a research and development laboratory founded by Paul Allen and David Liddle, in the exlploration of new creative tools, including the talking stick. She has just completed the entry about New York for Encyclopedia Britannica.