Anderson, Laurie, 1947-


  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow (Episode1 of 2, Part 2 of 2)

    Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. The performance artist discusses literary, technical,…


  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow (Episode2 of 2, Part 1 of 2)

    Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. Opens with music from Anderson’s 1979…


  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow (Episode2 of 2, Part 2 of 2)

    Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. Opens with music from Anderson’s 1979…


  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow (Episode1 of 2, Part 1 of 2)

    Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. The performance artist discusses literary, technical,…


  • David Van Tieghem and the Repercussion Unit : the melody of rhythm / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.

    Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Tiegham, a New York percussionist, is working with choreographes Twyla Tharp and Elise Monte, with the new music of Laurie Anderson and John Zorn, and on his own music. He combines the ancient forms of percussion with the latest technology. The Repercussion Unit, 12…


  • Sound voyages / produced by Andy Weiss.

    Exploratory documentary on sound and how it affects us. Weiss examines noise pollution, healing, art, and mysticism. Includes the voices of John Cage, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Gertrude Stein, Adolf Hitler, Laurie Anderson, Allen Ginsberg, Inayat Khan, Allan Watts, and more.


  • Laurie Anderson on her music / interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian

    Noted experimental musician Laurie Anderson discusses her music, the development of ideas, and the use of odd and modified instruments. Anderson also discusses the influence on her by Vito Acconci and William Burroughs. Includes performances of Anderson’s “New York Social Life,” “Language of the Future,” and “Time to Go.” Recorded in her New York studio…


  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow.

    Intro: Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. In Part One, Anderson is…