Concert for dogs organiser Laurie Anderson announced as Brighton Festival guest director

Date
7 January 2016

Laurie Anderson has been announced as the guest director for this year’s Brighton Festival, its 50th edition. Anderson will be debuting new works at the festival, as well as curating and shaping the programme for the three week-long event this May.

The artist and musician is best known for surprise 1981 hit O Superman, and has since worked on numerous projects, many of which explore the intersection between art and technology. Earlier this week she played a concert for dogs in New York’s Times Square, and her first feature-length film, The Heart of a Dog, was released in 2015.

The eighth Guest Director of Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson follows in the footsteps of artist Anish Kapoor (2009), musician Brian Eno (2010), Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2011), actress and human rights campaigner Vanessa Redgrave (2012), poet, author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen (2013), choreographer, composer and performer Hofesh Shechter (2014) and award-winning author Ali Smith (2015).

The 50th Brighton Festival takes place from 7-29 May 2016.

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