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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Laurie Anderson: The Weather and Other Stories

Laurie Anderson: The Weather and Other Stories

Anderson, Laurie

Hardcover

Individual ArtistsPerformance ArtPop/Rock

Publisher Price: $75.00

ISBN10: 084784076X
ISBN13: 9780847840762
Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
Published: Oct 20 2026
Pages: 320
Weight: 3.10
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
I'm a musician and my work is made of stories. Whether it's music, film, performance, or virtual reality, there's usually a story somewhere, a story from my own life, history, or the great shifting panorama of American culture. -- Laurie Anderson
The Weather and Other Stories 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: The Weather at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Looking into a Mirror Sideways at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Anderson reveals the creative impulses behind her many iconic works and introduces new bodies of work in detail. From the iconic Drum Dance and the violin duets of Duets on Ice 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 Habeas Corpus, which examines justice through the story of a Guantánamo detainee, and Salute, 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 Scenes from ARK, a 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.

Richly 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.

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