Talk Normal (A Lecture By Laurie Anderson)

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Album Info

Release Date: 1989

Label: Pioneer LDC

Two-sided CD Video LD (CLV, digital sound). Bilingual sound (Japanese/English). Contains semi-transparent sheet with liner notes in Japanese.

A3, B15, and B16 contains excerpts from the television program "What You Mean We?". © 1986 Canal Street Communications, Inc. Thanks to WGBH TV, Boston.
A4 contains excerpts from "Alive from Off Center". © 1987 Canal Street Communications, Inc. Thanks to KTCA TV, Minneapolis.
A5, A7 to A9, and A11 to A13 contains excerpts from the film "Home of the Brave". © 1986 Canal Street Communications, Inc./ Warner Brothers Records
A6 contains excerpts from the music video "Sharkey's Day". © 1984 Warner Brothers Records
B14 contains excerpts from the music video "O Superman". © 1981 Warner Brothers Records

At the '87 Tokyo International Video Biennale, held at Spiral Hall, performance artist Laurie Anderson gave the unforgettable lecture-demonstration, "Talk Normal".

In "Talk Normal", Anderson discusses the many elements that distinguish her work, -from the unique violins that serve as her alter egos, to her video clone, to her experiments with electronics and her personal homage to Oscar Schlemmer's Bauhaus dances.

Through excerpts from the film, Home of the Brave, the television program, What You Mean We?, and the music videos, O Superman and Sharkey's Day, Anderson draws you into an eclectic world where sight and sound are united.

In "Talk Normal", New York's best known performance artist talks about herself.

© 1989 Canal Street Communications, Inc./TV Man Union, Inc.