20 years of Björk at MoMA
- 9 years ago
‘Björk’ is a new exhibition at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art which chronicles the career of the iconic Icelandic artist.
Her experiments with sound, images and technology changed the landscape and visual representation of pop music, and the retrospective aims to highlight her artistic influence through sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, and costumes.
“I didn’t want to have her look like an artist who wants to be a visual artist. She’s a musician, she’s a composer. She bridges classical, to pop, to folkloristic. So I didn’t want to make her what she’s not. So everything visual in the exhibition has a different author. Every photo is done by a photographer, ever film by a filmmaker, architecture by an architect. So she’s not a sculptor, she’s not a painter, everything has a different author,” says Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art.
Designed to be an immersive experience, the show also includes a personalised audio guide featuring
Her experiments with sound, images and technology changed the landscape and visual representation of pop music, and the retrospective aims to highlight her artistic influence through sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, and costumes.
“I didn’t want to have her look like an artist who wants to be a visual artist. She’s a musician, she’s a composer. She bridges classical, to pop, to folkloristic. So I didn’t want to make her what she’s not. So everything visual in the exhibition has a different author. Every photo is done by a photographer, ever film by a filmmaker, architecture by an architect. So she’s not a sculptor, she’s not a painter, everything has a different author,” says Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art.
Designed to be an immersive experience, the show also includes a personalised audio guide featuring