Night Waves - Laurie Anderson/Compromise/Grace Kelly Dresses/Anish Kapoor

Matthew Sweet talks to experimental artist and musician, Laurie Anderson. During a career stretching back to 1970's counter culture New York, Anderson has played the violin whilst frozen into blocks of ice, reached No. 2 in the UK charts with the single 'O Superman' and been the only artist in residence at NASA. Her latest piece, Delusion, consists of a series of short mystery plays fusing violin, electronic puppetry and music to explore ideas of memory and identity. Bio-ethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards and Philosopher John Gray discuss the art and value of compromise from the cut and thrust of politics to the deeper recesses of human nature. And Novelist Linda Grant joins Matthew for an exhibition of Grace Kelly's dresses at the V&A Museum in London. The plans for Anish Kapoor's giant red steel sculpture in the Olympic park have been unveiled and Matthew talks to Cecil Balmond, the engineer responsible for ensuring it stays up. They'll be discussing the old and ongoing relationship between sculpture and engineering.