Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947, in Glen
Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and
musician. She is the inventor of the tape-bow violin, which has a tape
head in place of strings, and a strip of magnetic tape in place of the
hairs on a bow.
Life and works Anderson was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where she
graduated from Glenbard West High School. She attended Mills College in
California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude
and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in
sculpture from Columbia University. Her first performance art piece -- a
symphony played on automobile horns -- was performed in 1969. In the early
1970s, she worked as an art instructor, as an art critic for magazines such
as Artforum, and illustrated children's books.
She performed in New York through the 1970s. One of her most-cited
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