Laurie Anderson: United States, 1983.(performance artist)
From: Artforum International
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Date: 3/1/1999
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Author: Menand, Louis
Laurie Anderson's 'United States' which she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 3, 1983 was both a concert and an elaboration of performance-art tradition. The images and the hardware used in the performance convey the message that, in many things that man makes, the ghost of the body is hidden in the forms. Anderson's equipment served as prosthetics to help her in depicting herself as an instrument. Anderson's performance struck a balance by fusing Conceptual art with the ...
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