2ND ARTIST ANNOUNCE + ADDED TICKETS !!
weeeee managed to increase the licence a tiny bit yayyy,
come join us !!!
🌚 tickets on https://t.co/gCl15TehMX 🌚
l o o k f o r w a r d !!!
33EMYBW
knackered
arca
sideproject
ronja
björk
and more tba
@SmekkleysaSM@SmekkleysaPltub
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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Uppselt !!! Á Sólmyrkvahátíð Bjarkar og Smekkleysu, Víðistaðatúni 12.ágúst 🙏 Takk !!!
...fylgist með fyrir spennandi fréttir...🌚🌚🌚🌚
@SmekkleysaSM@SmekkleysaPltub
reccommended and (still) available campsites (https://t.co/BSk4rQ5zff) ,
highly reccommended to sleep under the midnight sun ,
🌑 VERY FEW TICKETS LEFT ~ https://t.co/CyFvAwy4iv 🌑
e c h o l a l i a ~ sólmyrkvahátíð bjarkar og @smekkleysa_sm !!
12. ágúst á víðistaðatúni, hafnarfirði
170 ár í næsta sólmyrkva á Íslandi ~ upplifum hann saman og dönsum fram á kvöld
🌑 ÖRFÁIR MIÐAR EFTIR ~ https://t.co/CyFvAwy4iv 🌑
l o o k f o r w a r d !!!
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
dear friends
i am so excited to invite you to echolalia may to september .
i am so grateful and thrilled for your incredible reaction to the rave , me and alejandra and others are having at the eclipse this summer .
i saw all your comments and wanted to massage out a potential misunderstanding that has been floating around :
echolalia is not the title of my next album . it is an umbrella-exhibition-name . an umbrella that gives 2 of my fossora songs the treatment i always dreamed of , and some new music .
i always wanted to put “ancestress” and “sorrowful soil” into a room , spatial situation ? those songs didn´t seem like live songs , the kind best experienced in private with many speakers . and with andy huang´s and viðar logi´s visuals of course . we re-recorded the choir and have textile scores to be enjoyed too .
i will share a version of a new song in one of the rooms . visually , it is a collaboration with 2 new incredible artists , which i will share later .
but i want to be sincere with my fans ( who are all of course delicious music-nerds ) about the musical side of things :
the new music is a version of a song . the final version will be on the new album in 2027 .
before you buy your tickets , i want to make sure that you know that i will not be sharing the final instrumentation of my next album until next year .
i know it is a long time , but 5 years passed between my last 2 albums and i enjoyed that enormously , i seem to spend longer every time in the world-building and it is extremely satisfying to align all the different elements ( how equilibrian of me ! )
i think that as hosts , me and james have a lot to offer . his mask exhibition looks sublime !
we reprogrammed and updated vulnicura VR which looks finally what we wanted it to be which we will share here .
and then of course : it is the rave ! with arca , ronja , sideproject and more ...
i absolutely can´t wait
warmthness and love
björk
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Combined rave+exhibition tickets: https://t.co/S5sEQCQSoP
🌑 mailing list pre-sales are LIVE 🌑
general on-sale friday 10th of april 10am GMT,
all info on https://t.co/gCl15TehMX
l o o k f o r w a r d !!!
arca
sideproject
ronja
and more tba
@SmekkleysaSM
Announcement and ticket sales launching next week (!!)
Sign-up to the mailing list to be the first to know: https://t.co/dikod5LOJT or https://t.co/Z2bDssIzKH
(this is absolutely not an april fool, just a little hi and happy easter tease 🐣)
Cornucopia Live hlýtur tvær tilnefningar til Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna !! / Two nominations from the The Icelandic Music Awards;
Björk as performer of the year
& M/M Paris @mmparisdotcom for the album design💗💗💗💗💗
Available for purchse at https://t.co/uc6QC0dt2Y and at your local record store 💿💿💿💿💿
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rave announcement 1: Berghain - Remix by Conrad Taylor is out, go dance!!
rave announcement 2: coming soooooooon.......... (save the date 12th of August 2026, come dance??)
https://t.co/lKdf6idmFx