BJÖRK’S“MUTUAL CORE” VIDEO
WINS PEOPLE’S VOICE WEBBY AWARD
WINS PEOPLE’S VOICE WEBBY AWARD
FULLY IMMERSIVE BIOPHILIA LIVE SHOW
RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA
Photo Credit: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
“Björk is…seeding an artistic and technological shift from the ground up.”—Q
Today Björk’s “Mutual Core” music video won the prestigious People’s Voice Webby Award in the Online Film & Video: Music category. This year’s win follows Björk’s 2012 award for Artist of the Year. Directed by Los Angeles-based director Andrew Thomas Huang, the “Mutual Core” video premiered on MOCAtv last year and also screened on electronic billboards throughout Times Square every night in March as part of the “Midnight Moment” series. The video was named one of the Best Music Videos of the Year by Huffington Post, Slant, and i09. Additional accolades for the “Mutual Core” music video:
NPR
“Perfectly bizarre and visually stimulating”
The Atlantic
“[The video] represents a new level of quality and ingenuity from Huang, who seems to be building on his now established visual style.”
Stereogum
“Beguilingly strange”
Slant
“The video brings the song to explosive life.”
This spring and summer Björk will bring her immersive Biophilia live show back to North America for a limited time before continuing to tour the world. The North American dates include three shows in San Francisco and three at the Hollywood Palladium for which the venues will be arranged to the original Biophilia specifications as fully realized audio-visual experiences in an intimate, in-the-round setting.
The Biophilia shows feature:
• Unique, one-of-a-kind instruments
including four ten-foot pendulum harps,
twin musical Tesla coils
and a MIDI-controlled pipe organ
including four ten-foot pendulum harps,
twin musical Tesla coils
and a MIDI-controlled pipe organ
• A 21-piece Icelandic female choir
• Narration by David Attenborough
SPIN declared the Biophilia show to be “less like watching a concert and more like going to Bowie’s EPCOT” and NPR called the show “a lesson in the scientific art of music, and how limitless it can be.” The San Francisco shows will take place at the Craneway Pavillion, located on the Richmond Waterfront and easily accessible by BART as well as by a private ferry that picks up in many San Francisco locations.
Björk’s Biophilia Education Program, a series of interactive workshops designed to teach students about the relationships between music, science and technology, has been held in Manchester, Reykjavík, Oslo, Buenos Aires, New York and Paris and is now coming to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Björk’s San Francisco concerts, running Wednesday May 22 through Thursday May 28, are in collaboration with the Exploratorium, the world’s foremost hands-on museum of science, art and human phenomena, now located at Pier 15 along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Using the Biophilia App Suite as a focal point, Exploratorium scientists and educators will align a project to each of the 10 songs included, creating a workshop series that engages students both in music and science with creativity, exploration and discovery. Björk will also be collaborating with MOCA to bring the workshops to students in Los Angeles in June.
In addition to her Biophilia performances, Björk will also appear at the Hollywood Bowl on June 2 and at Echo Beach in Toronto on July 16 along with three festival appearances: headlining the eighth annual Pitchfork Festival on July 19, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 15 and the RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa on July 13. Please see below for a complete list of dates.
BJÖRK BIOPHILIALIVE SHOWS
May 22 Craneway San Francisco, CA
May 25 Craneway San Francisco, CA
May 28 Craneway San Francisco, CA
May 25 Craneway San Francisco, CA
May 28 Craneway San Francisco, CA
June 2 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
June 5 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
June 8 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
June 5 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
June 8 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
June 11 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
June 15 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
June 15 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
July 13 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest Ottawa, ON
July 16 Echo Beach Toronto, ON
July 19 Pitchfork Festival Chicago, IL
