{"product_id":"laurie-anderson-the-weather-and-other-stories","title":"Laurie Anderson The Weather and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weather and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a survey of the work of legendary artist Laurie Anderson in her own words. At heart a storyteller, the artist serves as a personal guide through two of her most ambitious recent exhibitions that span fifty years of work: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking into a Mirror Sideways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnderson reveals the creative impulses behind her many iconic works and introduces new bodies of work in detail. From the iconic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrum Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the violin duets of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuets on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to her cutting-edge experiments with virtual reality and artificial intelligence, the book explores how Anderson “puts things into words and words into things.” She provides behind-the-scenes insights into major installations like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHabeas Corpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which examines justice through the story of a Guantánamo detainee, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an animatronic display of red flags symbolizing a nation in upheaval. New works include a project centered on the life and “family lore” of Anderson’s Swedish grandfather Axel Ephraim Anderson and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScenes from ARK, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea translation of the artist’s three-hour performance work which centered around “end-times fables, climate, survival strategies, love, American history, and stories from the Bible.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichly illustrated and filled with both expository and poetic texts (including maxims, dreams, and lyrics), the book is a walk-in notebook of an artist perpetually curious about the intersection of technology, memory, and the American cultural landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58111071060308,"sku":null,"price":83.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/laurie-anderson-the-weather-and-other-stories","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}