Laurie Anderson: An Interview

Laurie Anderson began as a downtown gallery artist, specializing in photography. She soon moved from creative to critical work as a writer for Art News and Art in America. She returned to the art world, making groundbreaking multimedia performance art. Her most famous work dates back to the early-to-mid-’80s and is marked by innovative use of technology in blending media-based and stage performance. The range of her subject matter—from politically charged critiques of American society to more personal subjects—has inspired many artists and secured her position as an icon of American performance art.

Interview by Kate Horsfield.

A historical interview originally recorded in 1977 and re-edited in 2004.