Personal Service Announcements by Laurie Anderson

Personal Service Announcements
1990
Video Art
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

“Personal Service Announcements” is a series of videos released by Anderson in 1989 alongside her album “Strange Angels”. They were produced and aired on commercial television channels including MTV and VH1. Anderson had been asked by the recording studio to make a video which she found conceptually difficult so instead created a series of self-contained video pieces to promote the album.

Laurie Anderson
Performance Art, Installation Art, Video Art
Born: 5 June 1947, Illinois, USA
Nationality: American

Laurie Anderson is an avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director. Her work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained as a violinist and in sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in 1970s New York, particularly focusing on language, visual imagery, and technology. Anderson became widely known in 1981 when her single “O Superman” became a hit.

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