i am so honoured to be wearing clothes from the mythological mugler , i remember seeing exhibition with hungry and seeing upclose the miraculous craft , textiles and patterns : biological sci fi galore ! it was a tall order for miguel to express that fantasy as a confident continuation of the archives but he nailed it !!! magical to combine an archival hat with miguels best !! congratulations !!!
warmth ,
björk
Outfit Mugler
Styling Edda Gudmundsdottir
Makeup Andrew Gallimore
Photo Vidar Logi
Full story : https://t.co/h063asz9d7
Thank you Poland !!!
Nerve Bloom (remix) with Natalia Kleszczewska's paintings, Ancestress and Sorrowful Soil all on display until October 25th.
Outfit Mugler
Styling Edda Gudmundsdottir
Makeup Andrew Gallimore
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Excerpts from a 21 chapter long conversation between Björk and James Merry, conducted by Oddný Eir. Published as part of the catalogue with the exhibition at the National Gallery of Iceland. Last copies available for purchase in the museum store. James Merry’s exhibition, Ummyndlingar / Metamorphlings, is on display in Reykjavík until 18.10.2026.
Björk: Ancestress, Sorrowful Soil & Nerve Bloom (remix), with Natalia Kleszczewska in Bielsko-Biała, opening 02.10.2026
Björk: Ancestress, Sorrowful Soil & Björk Orkestral in Oulu, opening 13.11.2026
echolalia workshp announce, free and for all ages !!!
1/3 **Crown Crafting Workshop**
2/3 **Movement & Mixing Symbiosis** - Booking required, first 50 to sign up admitted : https://t.co/rGUqMgxoM7
3/3 **Ylur: Textile Workshop**
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echolalia settime announce ::::::::
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1230 workshops [tba]
1430 kaitlyn aurelia smith
1515 gummi arnalds
1600 ronja
1647 arca / eclipse begins
1748 t o t a l i t y
1750 björk
1847 33EMYBW / eclipse ends
1930 knackered
2015 sideproject
2100 loscaballos
2200 curfew
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i wanted to tell you how we made the visuals for nerve-bloom
i did it with Natalia Kleszczewska and Natalie Liu .
Natalia Kleszczewska is a painter , she painted the creatures and the backgrounds .
Natalie Liu is a computer graphics director , she shaped the digital dimension of the work .
my role in it was a creative director , bringing in the singer-songwriter tradition , where emotionally precise things happen inside the structure of a song . i guided colour pallettes , textures and the environments the music happens in .
to make this possible , during the process , natalia often had to paint many shapes and sizes , different textures and layers of colours . natalie then developed the visuals, designing and overseeing CGI elements , and finding ways for the digital to sit organically alongside Natalia’s world . and include my dramaturgy and creative direction.
we spent 7 months talking and working together , dedicated to relish in the craft of blending hand-made visuals with digital experimentation , 3D design and commit it to physical display technology . a lot of time was spent on researching different tools and techniques to find what worked best at each stage in the song .
like i’ve done before , i wanted to merge old things with tech , giving it soul & a meaning .
to paint a painting is an analog craft but computer programming is craftmanship too !! and both can co-exist ,
.....encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world .
there is a tradition in pop music for the mucisian to choose a video director . in the art world , this is called “curation” , but where we came from , it was natural that the musician would have strong opinions on what your song needed , which mood , colours , textures & storyline . today this is called “creative director” and it is something we didn’t credit ourselves with in the 90s , but i am starting to understand this better now .
i don´t think of me as a visual artist . because my heart is music . everything i do comes from a sonic point of view .
this is something i have called “sonic symbolism” , sound made visual , a reverse synesthesia .
when you listen to a song for the first time , it is like swallowing a whale , you need to feel the whole musical sculpture in one go .
the structure of a song has always been extremely important to me : what shape it is .
this is part of the craft of being a singer-songwriter
........... we are tune sculpturors .......
since i am talking about the visuals for nerve bloom it is impossible to not mention the avatars in my music videos .
they have replaced the storyteller with anattempt to connect to the more universal element of music , through animation, avatars , puppetry both digital and analog .
for me they are marionettes in a puppet-theatre , hopefully in a similar realm as the jungian archetypes
( which we all can act out the characteristics of ...)
.... i feel nerve-bloom is a natural continuation ....
an animated avatar archetype
singing you a song
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Avatars, animation and archetypes: Nerve Bloom (remix) – on display at Listasafn Íslands / National Gallery of Iceland until September 20th 2026.
The production of this film was made possible with the generous support of #bottegaveneta.
Thank you for your interest in the eclipse x exhibition festival 12th of August !!! Sold out !!!
We're looking forward a lot to dance with all of you,
…stay tuned for plenty of exciting news…. 🌚🌚🌚🌚
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Playing for Ásta Fanney at @la_Biennale,
warming up for the solar eclipse rave ?!
recycled fiberglass dress : bottega veneta by louise trotter
wool hat by myah hasbany
copper mask by james merry
makeup andrewgallimore
styling edda gudmundsdottir