{"product_id":"laurie-anderson-the-weather-and-other-stories-hardcover","title":"Laurie Anderson: The Weather and Other Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Weather and Other Stories\u003c\/i\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: \u003ci\u003eThe Weather\u003c\/i\u003e at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and \u003ci\u003eLooking into a Mirror Sideways\u003c\/i\u003e at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnderson reveals the creative impulses behind her many iconic works and introduces new bodies of work in detail. From the iconic \u003ci\u003eDrum Dance\u003c\/i\u003e and the violin duets of \u003ci\u003eDuets on Ice\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eHabeas Corpus\u003c\/i\u003e, which examines justice through the story of a Guantánamo detainee, and \u003ci\u003eSalute\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eScenes from ARK, \u003c\/i\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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Anderson \u003c\/b\u003eis a multimedia artist, musician (with more than seven albums), and filmmaker. She has exhibited widely around the world, including at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; the Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon, France; Fondazione Tramontano Arte, Naples; the Park Avenue Armory, New York; and MASS MoCa, North Adams, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 9.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71743875612925,"sku":"9780847840762","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WC9LXFka5M9780847840762.webp?v=1793296502","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/laurie-anderson-the-weather-and-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}