Björk previews ‘Cornucopia’ concert film head of theatrical release! Hitting Apple Music &TV+ this Friday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET.
Bjork shared –
i am so thrilled to share an hour excerpt of the Cornucopia concert film here with you online .
the full version will be played later in theatres .
this has been a long journey with hundreds of people helping out . i am so beyond enormously grateful to every single one of them .
i feel the modern concert film is a matriarchially friendly construct , welcomed in the current climate . where female musicians can share their worlds uncorrupted . in cornucopia , i was joined by musical director and multi instrumentalist bergur þórisson , percussionist manu delago , flute septet Viibra , harpist katie buckley and the hamrahlid choir .
i spent last decade working with 360-degree sound and visual software in virtual reality and animation, creating Biophilia and later Vulnicura as a VR album. i was deeply inspired by the idea of a fully-immersive experience spreading Utopia and Fossora into fully surround speakers. my intention was to bring what we had created for 21st-century VR into a 19th-century theatre – taking it from the headset to the stage.
this vision was realised with 27 moving curtains that captured projections on different textures and LED screens, creating a digitally animated show : a “modern lanterna magica” for live music. i also wanted to feature bespoke instruments: a magnetic harp, an aluphone, a circular flute, and a reverb chamber, specially built with an audio architect to enhance the most intimate version of a performance—in a personal chapel.
throughout this tale, there is a subplot woven in: a second story of an avatar—a modern marionette who alchemically mutates, from puppet to puppet, from the injury of a heart wound to a fully healed state.
i hope you enjoy it.
warmthness,
björk
