As Artist in Focus, Laurie Anderson presents an extensive programme across iconic The Hague venues throughout the Rewire 2018 weekend – 6 to 8 April, 2018.
A writer, composer, director, visual artist, violinist and vocalist, she has created groundbreaking works that span the worlds of art, theater and experimental music, invented countless innovative instruments, and was even NASA’s first-ever Artist in Residence. Her recording career, launched into the mainstream with the release of “O Superman” in 1981, includes critically-acclaimed albums Life on a String and Homeland, soundtracks to her films Home of the Brave and Heart of a Dog, and a recent collaboration with San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, Landfall, to name but a few. Her performances take the shape of multimedia presentations in which she uses and layers of vocal filters to spin offbeat adventure stories with her characteristic poignancy and wit. As this year’s inaugural Artist in Focus, Laurie Anderson presents a new multimedia performance named ‘All the Things I Lost in the Flood’, a performative installation named, ‘Sol’, performed by Ragazze Quartet, a screening of ‘Heart of a Dog’ and an artist talk.
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Sunday, 8 April – Grote Kerk
Laurie Anderson presents a live performance of her new work, ‘All the Things I Lost in the Flood‘ at the Grote Kerk on Sunday. The latest instalment in her ongoing series, ‘The Language of the Future’, the new performance uses spoken word, video, live music and electronics to explore the power and perils of language and storytelling. Corresponding to her newly-released and eponymous book, the performance dissects the relationship between words and images, and provokes questions about beauty, time, reality, and memory.
Saturday, 7 April – Korzo
In a first for a Dutch ensemble, the four members of Ragazze Quartet perform one of Laurie Anderson’s compositions at Korzo on Saturday, 7 April. Written in 1977, ‘Sol’ is a durational performance composed as a tribute to her teacher, the legendary American painter and sculptor Sol Lewitt.
Friday, 6 April – Korzo
Laurie Anderson’s Artist in Focus programme opens with a screening of her film, ‘Heart of a Dog‘. A patchwork of animations, video diaries, 8mm home movies and artwork culled from exhibitions past and present, ‘Heart of a Dog’ is a stunning exploration of love and loss accompanied by a dreamlike score of Laurie Anderson’s violin compositions and soundscapes.
Saturday, 7 April – Korzo
On Saturday, Laurie Anderson speaks to The Wire’s deputy Editor Emily. The artist talk sees Laurie Anderson reflect on her decades-long career at the vanguard of electronic music and performance art, as well as her new performance, ‘All the Things I Lost in the Flood’, and recent collaboration with San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, ‘Landfall’.