Wednesday, April 16
at the Harris Theater

With illusion and delusion as her inspiration, vanguard artist Laurie Anderson fuses together music, video, and performance to create a poetic and political portrait of contemporary American culture. This bold new work, titled Homeland, examines 21st-century America's obsessions with security, privacy, technology, fear, and freedom.

This performance is presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

People Who Shape Our World: Laurie Anderson

Tuesday, April 15, 6 pm
at the MCA Stage

Laurie Anderson engages in a discussion about her work, including Homeland, her most sophisticated and ambitious personal and political undertaking to date. Moderated by art historian Hannah Higgins at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Free, reservations recommended by calling 312.397.4010.

Laurie Anderson

Known as one of this era's most prolific artists, Anderson is a performance artist, visual artist, poet, musician, composer, singer, inventor, and innovator. A native of Illinois, Anderson was born in Glen Ellyn and graduated from Glenbard West High School. Recognized worldwide as a leader in the use of technology in the arts, Anderson has collaborated with Interval Research Corporation in the exploration of new creative tools, including the Talking Stick.

Last November, Anderson was awarded the 2007 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the largest awards in the arts given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life."

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