Laurie Anderson (US)

Laurie Anderson (born 1947) is a New York-based multimedia artist whose practice spans visual art, composition, poetry, photography, filmmaking, performance, singing and instrumental music. Internationally recognised as a pioneer in the use of technology in the arts, she first gained worldwide attention with her landmark single O Superman (1981), followed by numerous international tours.

Her visual work has been exhibited at major museums throughout the United States and Europe. Among her most influential projects are United States I–V (1983), Empty Places (1990) and the multimedia performance Songs and Stories for Moby Dick. As a composer, she has created music for films by Wim Wenders and Jonathan Demme. In 2002, she became NASA’s first Artist-in-Residence, a collaboration that culminated in her solo performance The End of the Moon (2004).