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Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

Update: 2024-07-07
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In 2018, Eleanor Wachtel went to New York City to interview one of North America's most renowned and daring creative pioneers, Laurie Anderson. The multimedia artist and musician had just published her retrospective book, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, inspired by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which destroyed Anderson's archive of work and memorabilia. In this career-spanning and deeply personal conversation, she talks about the connection between story and memory, growing up in the Midwest with seven brothers and sisters, her relationship with Lou Reed, her partner of 21 years, and becoming unlikely pen pals with John F. Kennedy.

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Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy