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Multi-disciplinary artist Laurie Anderson was
trained as a fine artist, sculptor and painter, but her work
spilled into dance, music and performance art. At the focal
point she is a poet who builds multimedia textures around her
words.
In 1983 she completed her first large theatrical
scale work, United States, a 4-part multimedia performance
of song-texts. Bringing together a unique blend of spoken word,
large scale projections (in collaboration with media artist
Perry Hoberman), keyboards, microphone (delivering her voice
through her trademark sound effects), quirky movement, Cheshire
smile, and sly eye contact.
In 1995 she explored the interactive medium, creating
the CD-ROM Puppet Motel in collaboration with multimedia
artist Hsin-Chien Huang. Puppet Motel is divided into 32 rooms,
small vignettes based on previous works and trademark Anderson
motifs: clock, airplane, plug socket, telephone, and other objects
of technology. Puppet Motel is a new form of music-theater where
the audience is on stage, controlling the flow of time and space
in zero gravity.
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