The Record of the Time: Sound in the Art of Laurie Anderson
The Musée Art Contemporain of Lyon in France is currently exhibiting this retrospective of Laurie's work, encompassing installation, audio, video and art objects and spans her career from the 1970's to the world premiere of a new installation work completed this winter. The show will be on display from March 6 - May 18, 2002 and is slated to tour 3-5 european cities over the next two years. Stay posted for further updates about the show!
Laurie is providing the sound and visual concept for this pavillion which will be part of Expo '02 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. She explains the project in her artist's statement: "I have been working with the 'Who am I?' exhibition team for some time now and been experimenting with sound and vision. I believe the end product will be really sensational, provocative and attractive a vast carpet, full of ideas, colour, and unique interactivity. The theme of individual and collective identity is so powerful because it is addressed in such different ways, from philosophical to playful. A work of art like this only comes into existence through the skills of many people. From the technical point of view, I am completely confident that the images of 60 people will be created in an absolutely magical way. The technology used is state-of-the-art, but the experience of the exhibition itself is not subordinated to the technology. I am delighted to be able to make my contribution to this wonderful project." You can get more information about this project at their web site: www.expo.02.ch/e/home/finallisteartes/yverdon/exposition/qui
Laurie created the introduction sequence for the first segment of this PBS television series about Art in the 21st century. You can see the clip and get information about this project on their web site: www.pbs.org/art21/artists/anderson/
This web project was designed with Hsin-Chien Huang in 1997 and remains on line. It was created under the auspices of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Holland.
