SCAD deFINE ART 2026 honoree Laurie Anderson presents All in Your Head, an exhibition that brings together three installations featuring the written word, striking projected images, and the visualization of alternate realities. An internationally lauded avant-garde artist, Anderson has created innovative, transdisciplinary work in a career that spans five decades. She continues to expand the lexicon of performance art and bridge the divides between experimental expression and popular culture. Both arresting and ephemeral, Anderson’s work tackles sprawling contemporary themes like the state of cultural life in the U.S. or anchors itself in age-old narratives like Noah’s Ark. Through her myriad approaches — from filmmaking and live performance to painting, sculpture, digital media, and more — she underscores storytelling, both personal and collective, as a central driving force in her artistic practice. In this exhibition, Anderson traverses time and space, whether by virtually visiting the moon in an immersive VR work or traveling into the recesses of her childhood in a multimedia narrative, questioning what is remembered, what is spoken, and what is possible.