Saturday, January 23, 2010
Laurie Anderson: Making Art Ours
Laurie Anderson is a very Creative and unique artist. Her style,approach and use of technological instruments are intriguing. Her sense of immitation to sound and space is what I refer to as making art ones' own.
In this video, she addresses some of the issues facing society today. Finding Solution to our numerous problems which most of the time are solely because of how we view and respond to the world around us. It is human nature to be problem solvers but the question is, have we been able to do so? and seeking things that we hope would quinch our thirst for survival by all means.
There is one thing I find very inspiring about Laurie's work. That is she is very technological even though she admitted to becoming weary sometimes when trying to put together a lot of cords to spark up one thing.There is not thought that what made her even more famous was her "O Superman" commercial among others. She was also creative in her appearance to performances.Her outfit itself was art and described her to some extent.
Technological creativity is a plus and Laurie Anderson took it to higher level whiles applying it to her work.
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In this interview with Anderson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_XfyCXs5cU
she talks briefly about technology and how it's overwhelmingly everywhere. It is interesting how she is wary about the overuse of technology, yet a lot of her art seemed to be before its time and very technology based.
I feel she also makes art "her own" by consuming her self with so much of it. Her story telling and playing the violin work well for her because she found her niche and place to address so many issues on her mind. Even though, she was overwhelming at times to watch, the balance strikes hard with the issues she addresses such as the superman scene.
Good points -- she critiqued and glorified technology at the same time. Once it was answering machines and now it is corporations and their buzz phrases (as per the video).
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