Movie Description
Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves
(1977)Overview
This performance consists of ten songs in which music, language and images are equally important. In most of these songs, Anderson plays the violin, accompanied by her own singing and an audiotape (with spoken text, more singing or more violin music). Her songs are often combined with a film projection: she is framed by the light from the projection, and is playing with the shadows cast by her body and her violin. Anderson makes experimental music, and she often find solutions in technological inventions, as with the song 'a man, a woman, a house and a tree'. The music for this piece is created with the help of a ‘slow-scan’ machine, which registers visual information and transforms this into sound. These experiments are not only about music, but also abou language: anagrams, play on words and poetic stories. The introductory anecdotes that Anderson tells are just as important as the song itself.
Featured Crew
- Director : Laurie Anderson
- Writer : Laurie Anderson
- Cast : Laurie Anderson
Cast
Facts
Original TitleSongs for Lines/Songs for Waves
Status Released
Release Information
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1977-01-01
Original Language
Runtime 00h 39m
Genres
- Music