Norton Lecture #6: The Birds | Laurie Anderson: Spending the War Without You
Laurie Anderson presents Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds. Birds is the final in a series of six lectures, looking at the challenges we face as artists and citizens as we reinvent our culture with ambiguity and beauty. This talk will consider the future.
About the Speakers
Presented by Laurie Anderson, one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.
Introduced by Suzannah Clark, Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center and Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music at Harvard University, and Alexander Rehding, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University.