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Laura Phillips " Laurie " Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, [2][3] musician and filmmaker whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. [3] Initially trained in violin and sculpting, [4] Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing ...
May 1, 2024 · “O Superman” is a groundbreaking song released in 1981 by American artist, Laurie Anderson. It was an unlikely hit, but it quickly became a cultural phenomenon, reaching No. 2 on the UK charts and even making it to the Billboard Dance Club chart.
Feb 16, 2024 · As the unlikely 1981 hit goes viral on TikTok, we tell the story of Laurie Anderson's strangely compelling masterpiece
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Oct 6, 2021 · Words emerge from her mouth deliberate and hyperenunciated, surrounded by unpredictable pauses. She piles up phrases the way van Gogh piled up brush strokes. Over the course of her incessant...
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O Superman. " O Superman ", also known as " O Superman (For Massenet) ", is a 1981 song by performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson. The song became a surprise hit in the United Kingdom after it was championed by DJ John Peel, [3] rising to number 2 on the UK Singles Charts in 1981. [10]
May 12, 2019 · The song quotes the unofficial motto of the US postal service, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed...
Mar 27, 2015 · Performance artist explains her inspirations and motivations during Music Department lecture. For more than four decades, Laurie Anderson ’s music and performance art have delighted and often mystified — so much so that even NASA took notice, offering her a gig as its first artist in residence.
