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As NASA's first artist in residence, Laurie Anderson draws on her recent research and travels. Part travelogue, part personal theories, history, and dreams, "The End of the Moon," conceived and performed by Anderson, looks at the relationships among war, esthetics, the space race, spirituality, and consumerism. Anderson, on violin and keyboard, explores the possibilities of time and space just beyond our reach. This performance echoes Renzo Piano's investigation of the ideas of zero gravity in his plans for the Art Institute's new building. Anderson returns to Chicago, once her home, with an innovative eye on the sky.

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"The End of the Moon" was commissioned in part by BITE '05, Barbican, London; Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley; University of Florida Performing Arts, Gainesville; Society for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas; and Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. Worldwide tour representation by Pomegranate Arts.

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Reservations: Required
Event Code: EAIJ1120