The Waters Reglitterized
The Waters Reglitterized
On the Road
“For the last year I’ve been on the road with a solo performance.
Every night another theater, another hotel room. As the months
went on my dreams became wild, relentless. Headless singing
squirrels, vast spaces, bizarre clatterings, I began to draw these
dreams literally out of self defense. The more I drew, the more they
began to look like story boards. So I made a movie.â€
Sean Kelly is delighted to announce a major new installation by Laurie
Anderson. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Friday,
September 16th from 6pm until 8pm. The artist will be present. The
Waters Reglitterized is a kind of diary of dreams and their literal
recreation as works of art. In her new work Anderson uses the language
of dreams to investigate the dream itself. The resulting pieces -
drawings, prints and high definition video take her work in theater and
imagery to an astounding new level.
Laurie Anderson is one of the seminal artists of our time. Her work
includes a wide variety of media: performance, film, music,
installation, writing, photography and sculpture. Over the past thirty
years, she has created a number of groundbreaking works ranging from
spoken word performances to elaborate multimedia events. Anderson’s
recorded work is currently released by Nonesuch Records and since 1983
includes eight releases by Warner Records. She has published six books,
produced numerous videos, films, radio pieces and original scores for
dance and film.
In 2003, The Musée Art Contemporain of Lyon in France produced a
touring retrospective of her work, entitled The Record of the Time:
Sound in the Work of Laurie Anderson. It has been presented in Lyon,
Milan, Düsseldorf, Dublin and is currently on view in Tokyo through
October 2005. Anderson’s work is included in many major public
collections worldwide.
Recent work includes her 2002-2004 artist-in-residence at NASA,
participation on the team that created the 2004 Olympic Games in
Athens, a series of audio-visual installations for World Expo 2005 in
Aichi and a series of programs for French radio. The film she made for
Expo 05, Hidden Inside Mountains, is featured in several current film
festivals, among them Locarno, Edinburgh, Telluride and Toronto.
QUALIA, by Sony Electronics has generously provided the QUALIA 004
front projector in support of this exhibition. For more information on
QUALIA please go to www.sony.com/QUALIA
Stewart Filmscreen has generously provided the screen in support of
this exhibition. For more information on Stewart Filmscreen please go
to www.stewartfilm.com
Sean Kelly
528 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11am until 6pm