a serenade by american performance artist laurie anderson in memory of her late husband who. reads guitars rang out in new york's cathedral of st john the divine but not in the usual way. his former guitar technician used the instruments to generate feedback by placing them against amplifiers the result a haunting array of unpredictable sounds was like an echo from the past the show was part of the temporary exhibition at the cathedral the concert was open to the public and free of charge. leaving your cars and shipped to concentrate. open to. start. just. so i think it's beautiful. you are a dyed in twenty thirteen at the age of seventy one he rose to fame in the one nine hundred sixty s. as front man for the velvet underground today reed is known as the godfather of punk rock it was a proud new yorker and his concept of allowed him to honor his city posthumously. it's a nice thing to celebrate a birthday party it's just this is. only the main guest this week here except only in spirit so. lou reed probably would have been joined this concert he was a musician he was open to

but we start with the american artist laurie anderson who has never let herself be confined into any particular genre or box since her formative years in one nine hundred seventy s. new york anderson has been a figurehead of the guard morphing easily from musician to filmmaker to performance artist and even to inventor of electronic instruments well gender ambiguity is also a longtime focus of her artistic persona and here excuse me is what happens when you give an artist of her versatility cats. she's a storyteller a musician and composer and for fifty years laurie anderson has been an avid garde pioneer some things of the world just curious. to me. just. life's work has been attempted using sound language and performance in capturing the ephemeral. because it building a ship in the air you know what it's like and if you use a movie you can move it over there the you could sink it but you're building it in the present moment. borges city of ships has given anderson free reign for the reflektor program at the elbe film only the artist can do what she will anderson has packed one stag

but we start with the american artist laurie anderson who has never let herself be confined into any particular genre or box since her formative years in one nine hundred seventy s. new york anderson has been a figurehead of the guard morphing easily from musician to filmmaker to performance artist and even to inventor of electronic instruments gender ambiguity is also a longtime focus of her artistic persona and here scuse me is what happens when you give an artist of her versatility. she's a storyteller a musician and composer and for fifty years laurie anderson.

freedom fighters and hell raisers, charles marsh with can i get a witness and authors laurie anderson with shout and jason reynolds with his book, "long way down." watch coverage of the virginia festival of the book saturday at 1 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> this weekend on american history tv, world war ii navajo code talkers and a look back at the 1979 three-mile island nuclear power accident. saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on oral histories, the first of six interviews with former world war ii navajo code talkers who served in the marine corps and used their native language to secretly communicate operational plans. >> it took us, the navajo code talkers compelled to use their language, and they devised it, and they schemed it in such a way that it played a role of a very unique role of confusing the enmany i. >> and -- enemy. >> and live sunday morning on american history tv and c-span's "washington journal," the 40th anniversary of the three-mile island nuclear power plant accident, considered the most serious nuclear power accident in the united states. joining us on the pr

charles marsh with can i get a witness, and laurie anderson with shout and jason reynolds with his book long way down. watch coverage of the virginia festival of the book on saturday at one in eastern. >> this weekend, on american ii navajo, world war code talkers have a look back at the 1970 93-mile island their power accident. saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on oral histories, the first of six interviews with former coach corpss work in the marine and use their native language to secretly communicate operational plans. >> it took us to the navajo code talkers, compelled to use their language and they devised it and scheme does such a way that it played a role, a very unique role of confusing the enemy. live, sunday morning, on american history tv and c-span's washington journal, the 40th anniversary of a nuclear island power plant accident near harrisburg pennsylvania, considered the most serious accident in the united states joining us to look at the event, historian and author samuel directord the acting of the nuclear safety project for the union of concerned scientists. america, on a r