Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review " portrait of America is a multimedia mess
Factory International, ManchesterA mix of beat poetry, opera, communal screaming, TikTok and tai chi, Anderson's state-of-the-nation work is occasionally poignant but mostly baffling Ai Weiwei is God, Elon Musk is the devil, the Doomsday Clock is ticking, atomic bombs are exploding and the audience are screaming their lungs out. And that is just a fraction of Laurie Anderson's sprawling and discombobulating Ark: Unit…