Laurie Anderson on The Power of Art | Red Bull Music Academy

On November 16th, 2015, Laurie Anderson joined us on the lecture couch in Paris the wake of the devastating attacks in the city the previous weekend. She felt it was an important moment to talk about how art and artists respond to tragedy. In this talk, she outlined the circumstances behind her 2015 Park Avenue Armory work, Habeas Corpus, and how its themes relate to what took place in Paris on November 13, 2015.

TOPICS:
00:10 – Habeus Corpus
13:27 – Meeting Mohammed
37:00 – Language
40:57 – Hospital sounds
45:56 – Ice skating
53:17 – Empathy

Back in the ’70s, Anderson had a lot of fun playing with people’s perceptions of what a music piece could be, and by throwing together surreal performance, spoken word tone poems, and abstract synth grooves, she even turned the pop world upside down. Originally a sculptor before she started crafting her unique soundscapes, her calm, syncopated delivery conjures all manner of tripped-out dream imagery – evocative and vague enough to qualify as fully-blown artistic statements.

Anderson reached a mainstream audience with her single “O Superman,” which led to a string of exotic albums and multi-media experiments, including *Big Science*, *Mr Heartbreak*, and *Home of the Brave*. Widely influential for her use of early samplers and invented electronic instruments, Anderson has collaborated with Brian Eno, Andy Kaufman and late husband Lou Reed – dancing her own path through art and music with a sense of wonder for life and nature.
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