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Laurie Anderson - Nothing In My Pockets + 2 CDs (Zagzig) by Laurie Anderson (1-Jan-2009) Paperback
Laurie Anderson's Nothing in My Pockets is a two-part sound diary, originally broadcast on French radio, kept between July 4 and October 4, 2003. This volume contains the radio piece on two CDs, as well as a selection of original visual documents--offering an intimate glimpse into the personal universe of this seminal American artist.
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First published January 1, 2009
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Laurie Anderson
31Ìýbooks72ÌýfollowersLaurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson) is an American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman," reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film, Home of the Brave.
She has also invented several devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art shows. In 1977, she created a "tape-bow violin" that uses recorded magnetic tape on the bow and a magnetic tape head in the bridge. In the late 1990s, she developed a "talking stick", a six-foot long, batonlike MIDI controller that can access and replicate different sounds.
She has also invented several devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art shows. In 1977, she created a "tape-bow violin" that uses recorded magnetic tape on the bow and a magnetic tape head in the bridge. In the late 1990s, she developed a "talking stick", a six-foot long, batonlike MIDI controller that can access and replicate different sounds.
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September 24, 2019
This catalogue/diary doesn't work without the audio recording made to accompany it. The sound diary is a weird, immersive, wholly subjective experience, and having the pictures and brief entries in front of you while listening makes a neat representation of what the inside of our minds must look like.
March 26, 2018
Brilliant journal entries.
March 15, 2011
Stream of consciousness travelogue snippets, in pictures, text, and audio. The audio journal held more interest, with a mix of Anderson's thoughts and observations, slices of conversations, ambient sounds, and musical interludes.
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