Editing Laurie Anderson (section)

=== 2000s ===
[[File:The Kitchen Benefit, Honoring Laurie Anderson.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Anderson at a 2007 benefit concert]]
''[[Life on a String (album)|Life on a String]]'' appeared in 2001, by which time she signed a new contract with another Warner Music label, [[Nonesuch Records]]. ''Life on a String'' was a mixture of new works (including one song recalling the death of her father) and works from the ''Moby Dick'' presentation.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/laurieanderson/albums/album/111744/review/5941827/life_on_a_string |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114081304/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/laurieanderson/albums/album/111744/review/5941827/life_on_a_string |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |title=Laurie Anderson: Life on a String|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref> In 2001, she recorded the audiobook version of [[Don DeLillo]]'s novel ''[[The Body Artist]]''. Anderson went on tour performing a selection of her best-known musical pieces in 2001. One of these performances was recorded in New York City a week after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], and included a performance of "O Superman". This concert was released in early 2002 as the double CD ''Live in New York''.<ref>{{cite web|last=May |first=Krista L. |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/andersonlaurie-live.shtml |title=Laurie Anderson: Live in New York – PopMatters Music Review |website=Popmatters.com |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref>

In 2003, Anderson produced albums with French musicians La Jarry and [[Hector Zazou]] and also performed with them. Zazou's album ''Strong Currents'' (2003), which brought together well-known soloists, features her alongside [[Melanie Gabriel]], [[Irene Grandi]] and [[Jane Birkin]], among others. She became [[NASA]]'s first [[artist-in-residence]] in the same year, which inspired her performance piece ''The End of the Moon''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stamberg |first=Susan |date=July 3, 2004 |title=NASA Gives Space to Artist in Residence |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3114007 |access-date=February 8, 2011 |publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 30, 2004 |title=Moon and Stars Align for Performance Artist |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15916-2004Jun29.html |access-date=May 7, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In May 2004, she received an honarary doctorate from Columbia University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/uarchives/Forms/Honorary%20Degrees.xls|format=XLS|title=Honorary Degrees List|website=Library.columbia.edu|access-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref> She was part of the team that created the opening ceremony for the [[2004 Olympic Games]] in Athens and collaborated with choreographer [[Trisha Brown]] and filmmaker [[Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo]] on the multimedia project ''O Zlozony/O Composite'' for the [[Paris Opera Ballet]] which premiered at the [[Opera Garnier]] in Paris in December 2004. She mounted a succession of themed shows and composed a piece for [[Expo 2005]] in Japan. In 2005, Anderson visited Russia's space program — the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre and mission control — with [[Arts Catalyst|The Arts Catalyst]] and took part in The Arts Catalyst's Space Soon event at the Roundhouse to reflect on her experiences. 

[[File:Laurie Anderson Homeland 3.jpg|thumb|left|Anderson performing ''Homeland'' in 2007]]
In 2005, her exhibition ''The Waters Reglitterized'' opened at the [[Sean Kelly Gallery]] in New York City. According to the press release by Sean Kelly,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laurieanderson.com/public/pdf/WatersPressRelease.pdf |title=Sean Kelly : Laurie Anderson: The Waters Reglitterized |website=Laurieanderson.com |access-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803135154/http://www.laurieanderson.com/public/pdf/WatersPressRelease.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2012  }}</ref> the work is a diary of dreams and their literal recreation as works of art. This work uses the language of dreams to investigate the dream itself. The resulting pieces include drawings, prints, and high-definition video. The installation ran until October 22, 2005.

In 2006, Anderson was awarded a [[List of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome 1991–2010|Residency]] at the [[American Academy in Rome]]. She narrated [[Ric Burns]]' ''[[Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film]]'', which was first televised in September 2006 as part of the PBS ''[[American Masters]]'' series. She contributed a song to ''[[Plague Songs]]'', a collection of songs related to the 10 Biblical plagues. Anderson also performed in [[Came So Far for Beauty]], the Leonard Cohen tribute event held in the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, on October 4–5, 2006. In November 2006, she published a book of drawings based on her dreams, titled ''Night Life''.

Material from ''Homeland'' was performed at small work-in-progress shows in New York throughout May 2007 supported by a four-piece band with lighting and video visuals mixed live by [[Willie Williams (lighting designer)|Willie Williams]] and [[Mark Coniglio]], respectively. A European tour of the ''Homeland'' work in progress included performances on September 28–29, 2007, at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin; on October 17–19 at the Melbourne International Arts Festival; and in Russia at the Moscow Dom Muzyky concert hall on April 26, 2008. The work was performed in Toronto, Canada, on June 14, 2008, with husband [[Lou Reed]], making the "Lost Art of Conversation" a duet with vocals and guitar. Anderson's ''Homeland Tour'' performed at several locations across the United States as well, such as at the [[Ferst Center for the Arts]], Atlanta, Georgia; The [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]], New York City; and [[Harris Theater (Chicago)|Harris Theater]] for Music and Dance in [[Millennium Park]], Chicago, Illinois, co-presented by the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.laurieanderson.com/appearances/2008.shtml | title=Calendar | publisher=Laurie Anderson | access-date=August 8, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907055605/http://www.laurieanderson.com/appearances/2008.shtml | archive-date=September 7, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>