Laurie Anderson Withdraws from Visiting Professor Post at German University After Pro-Palestine Letter Resurfaces

ARTnews ^ | January 29, 2024 | Alex Greenberger

[nickcarraway]

A smiling white woman with short-cropped hair and a green shirt. (This came out in the metatext.)

[No name given]

Is she even a biological woman?!

[Fuzz]

Yes. Was married to Lou Reed for a couple decades when he died.

[billorites]

Folkwang University?

We love you Folkwang
Oh yes we do.
We love you Folkwang
FU!

[simpson96]

Laurie Anderson and Marilyn Minter Want Us All to Scream Bloody Murder on the Anniversary of Trump’s Election

[Olog-hai]

I used to ask that question back in the 1980s.

Being married to Lou Reed merely encourages the question.

[bigbob]

Who really wants Folkwang on their resume?

[Yo-Yo]

For the briefest of moments I took the headline to read "Loni Anderson" and I had flashbacks to Loni when she was on WKRP in Cincinnati.

Then you post a picture of that..that..thing!.

Eye bleach:

[xp38]

I vaguely remember her name from the punk era. Yeah we’re all older now but obviously not wiser in her case.

[StAnDeliver]

“For me the question isn’t whether my political opinions have shifted,” Anderson said in a statement. “The real question is this: Why is this question being asked in the first place? Based on this situation I withdraw from the project. My colleagues at the University and the Pina Bausch Foundation have discussed this with me at great length and we have jointly decided this is the best way forward.”

Lonely and bored with Lou gone, and they both loved Germany, but nice kick in the jimmies as she knows why this question is being asked in the first place. Own it, Laurie.

[HIDEK6]

She looks like one of them.

[djpg]

The real question is this: Why was she ever offered a visiting professorship, or begin with?

[Albion Wilde]

She was very cute and hip when young, experimenting with electric violin and other then-edgy sounds. I went to one of her concerts in her "O Superman" era.

[nickcarraway]

I bet she is most known for her song with Peter Gabriel.

[StAnDeliver]

"The real question is this: Why was she ever offered a visiting professorship, or begin with?"

Deutschen loved Lou Reed, for all I know they still do. She's Mrs. Lou to them for the most part, although O Superman had some European success in the early 80s. Think Talking Heads minus the actual talent of Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz.

[rfp1234]

Seriously...a toilet plunger on the podium?

[Albion Wilde]

I bet she is most known for her song with Peter Gabriel.

I was a great fan of his, as well, starting with Genesis. Great originality and a beautiful smoky voice—plus dancing and singing with great intensity. He was an astounding performer. This is him performing "In Your Eyes" in the round:

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Secret World Live)

30 years ago and still so appealing. Ah, youth -- to be able to jump all around for twenty minute and still hit one's notes with full breath. Paula Cole accompanying them and the Papa Wemba band Molokai are also incredible.

But I digress. Is this the duet you have in mind with Gabriel and Laurie Anderson?:

This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)

They seem more interested in their video experimentation than the music on that one. Reminds me of Talking Heads and David Byrne...

[ConservativeMind]

“Anderson, who has produced such works as the hit 1981 song “O Superman,””

ROTFL!

[nickcarraway]

You don’t think the bassist was good?

[nickcarraway]

You don’t think the bassist was good?