Björk Digital
Björk is set to headline Vivid Sydney this year with Björk Digital, an interactive experience of the artist’s work in virtual reality from Biophilia, to her latest album Vulnincura. Presented by Sydney’s Carriageworks in Redfern, Björk Digital invites audiences to an exhibit of digital, music and video works including an exclusive opening night DJ set with Bjork, and displays of 24-year career and her collaborations with the likes of Michel Gondry, Nick Knight, Spike Jones and Stephane Sedanaoui as well as numerous never before seen collaborations.
“It’s so hard to talk about the subject matter; it’s impossible—I’m sorry. [tears up]” said Björk in a recent Pitchfork interview about the trials of creating Vulnicura. The latest album from the Icelandic innovator is her musical response to the end of her relationship longtime partner Matthew Barney. She has teared up during some interviews, as she attempts to navigate though the devastation that has influenced her music and lyrics.
While Vulnicura touches on some emotional points for Björk, the album is nevertheless another hallmark of her great innovation through music, production and technology. Looking back to the dissolution of The Sugarcubes, Björk’s solo career rose to prominence through tracks like Human Behaviour from 1993’s debut. Creating sonic adventures by blending jazz, trance, electronica and classic, coupled with her indefinitely interesting vocal abilities, Björk has comfortably carved a place herself as a musical innovator. As she matured, she involved herself more and more with the stream of technology that dominates many aspects of our lives, weaving it into her music. Biophilia, for instance, was almost entirely produced with just an iPad, and each song associated with its own app. Users could discover new arrangements, sheet music, and other interactive content. Biophilia changed the way that we could engage with music.
Since Biophilia, Björk has been dabbling in virtual reality and music, her latest work, Vulnicura, plays with technology further and is exactly what Björk Digital celebrates. Björk Digital invites visitors to an exhibition of digital and video works that are the result of Björk’s new collaborations with some of the finest visual artists and programmers in the world. The show will be divided into five virtual reality rooms, each allowing visitors to experience Björk’s creations more intimately.
The exhibition will be completed by the Australian premiere of Black Lake, an immersive cinema experience featuring a cutting edge surround sound system, where the audience is encased in the claustrophobic and visceral experience of Black Lake. Filmed in Iceland’s lava fields, the video features an immersive cinema experience directed by filmmaker Andrew Huang. The Stonemilker virtual reality space introduces us to the app that was released last December including the exclusive string remix of the song, and the 360 virtual reality video experience. On show will also be Mouth Mantra virtual reality a first-time collaboration between Jesse Kanda and Björk, and presents the brilliantly claustrophobic video filmed from the inside of Björk’s mouth.
An education program will enable audiences to delve deeper into the world of the apps created for Biophilia. In an Australian premiere, it comprises a suite of original music, interactive artworks and musical artefacts. Björk has collaborated with creatives including artists and designers, to scientists, instrument makers, and software developers to create an extraordinary exploration of the universe and its physical forces, processes and structures.
“I felt it is time to premiere my recent virtual reality stuff and am delighted to do so in Sydney. We have made seven 360 degree videos for Vulnicura and I am enthusiastic about this natural continuity of the music video: the intimacy, total merge of surround sound and vision makes VR an ideal home! Looking forward to celebrating it whilst DJ-ing with some good friends there!” said Björk.
“As fast as your fingernail grows/ The Atlantic ridge drifts/ To counteract distance/ You know I gave it all,” sang Björk on Biophlia’s Mutual Core, indicating that although things may drift apart, she did what she could to keep things together. From her retrospective at MoMA to Björk Digital, her creative output over the years has pushed boundaries, questioned the impossible, incorporated digital and physical worlds, and has blurred many lines, and the event at Vivid Sydney is another vehicle to showcase one of the most interesting minds of our time.
Björk Digital opens on Friday 3 June, with an exclusive DJ set from Björk. The exhibition opens on Saturday 4 June, continuing until Saturday 18 June at Carriageworks Sydney.
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