I'm reading this book by Laurie Anderson, the first thing she tells me is... "My work is always about communicating." She managed to cross from avant-garde obscurity to the mainstream without compromising her ideas.
instead of shocking the audiences to change their minds (like Dadaists and Futurists in 1920's and Fluxus artists in 1960's) she used images and streams of words.
her rhythms were found from ordinary conversations or arguments.
collaged instruments from found objects. natural sounds.
film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
scientist Nikola Tesla.
the real vehicle for her thought is language. she cuts and splices words and sentences. her songs are filled with meaning then emptied of it.
why flatten the words out as text, just say them
video lack live performance and scale.
the use of video live - video bow. a camera on her face and projected onto a big screen behind
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