Laurie Anderson – “The art of science” is a spectacular reading that takes the viewer along a parabola through the writings and songs of the same artist, the masterpiece of the genius of Thomas Pynchon “Gravity Rainbow,” and the immortal literary texts by authors Melville, Shakespeare, and Burroughs that directly inspired by the work of the American artist.
- Dramaturgy, directing and Visuals: Massimo Giovara
- Actors: Massimo Giovara, ThonGu
- Music: Ozmotic
From: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Pynchon, William Burroughs, Herman Melville, Laurie Anderson, William Shakespeare
Laurie Anderson is a visual artist, a poet, a singer, a musician, a wizard of technology, is the icon who embodied the highest levels of quality research and the concepts of multimedia and contamination avant-garde, combining them at the same time with the need to communicate to the greatest number of people. His genius surprisingly wins the pop charts in 1981 with the single O Superman, which allows it to get to all the effects of the star system in the world of music. Following her huge list of collaborations includes, among others, the directors Wim Wenders and Demme, NASA , musicians Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, the writer William Burroughs, and Lou Reed.
The type of performance prepared by Laurie anderson ranges from simple musical reading to the big media event, which makes her particularly rich repertoire of literary influences, from Melville’s Moby Dick to William Burroughs.
Laurie Anderson is in all respects a woman who has achieved the ideal artistic renaissance in the postmodern era.
Laurie Anderson – “The art of science” is a spectacular reading that takes the viewer along a parabola through the writings and songs of the same artist, the masterpiece of the genius of Thomas Pynchon “Gravity Rainbow,” and the immortal literary texts by authors Melville, Shakespeare, and Burroughs that directly inspired by the work of the American artist.