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Finding the Now in Big Science

This chapter articulates how Laurie Anderson’s work obscures its own origins and processes. After providing an overview of her biography and output (most notably, the Big Science LP), it declares an intent to find a “now” in the music. In this case, “now” refers simultaneously to the now of the album’s circa-1980 making (chronos), the now of our hearing it moment by moment (kairos), and the cultural now of the twenty-first century. As an introduction to the book, the chapter also describes the structure, methodology, and audience for the total volume.