Bjork debut moma8/22/2023 ![]() I’m amazed with her creativity to make new instruments in addition to applying sounds of existing instruments. “Gravity harp” which looks 3 meters tall, is played using gravity, “Gamelesta” which creates a sound mixed with Asian gamelan and a Western key board instrument clelesta. On the ground floor, there are some musical instruments made for the “Biophilea” tour. They can see how her style has changed in chronicle order. The narration from the ear-phone has something personal and intimate, so audiences stopped their walking to listen to it while they are looking at exhibited cosmtumes etc. From the audio guide, you will listen explanations on each album and episodes during production. There are also notebooks with memos and lyrics while she had worked on creating albums so that you can see background of her creation. There are many must-see exhibits for her fans such as the robot used in “All is full of love”, the white swan dress worn at Academy Award in 2001. Each room are chronically organized for her albums, and has album cover art, costumes, accessories, and props used for promotions and live concerts. Since audio guide is supplied for all the audience, you need to wait for most probably 1 to 1 and half hours before getting in, so it is recommended to see other exhibit while you are waiting. The second floor has very special exhibit named “Song line”. The first floor is dedicated to moving images as she always surprises us with a new images every time she releases her work. Regardless of the fact that Bjork now lives in New York, I saw she was very popular there. There were lots of audience who stayed long as they can enjoy a big screen like a movie theater. In the next section, you can sit on a chair and watch all of the music videos in her career. Starred by Bjork in solo, this piece is so dramatic featuring beautiful nature in Iceland. This 10 minutes-long piece seems to be a commissioned work with MoMA for this exhibition. There are two screens on both sides of the wall with embedded amplifier, which is a nice sound system to enjoy the piece. The room is dark just like a cave in the introduction of the video. If you go to the second floor, you can see a music video for Black Lake in her latest album “Vulnicura” shot by Andrew Thomas Huang in her homeland, Iceland. This exhibition is held mainly at the first and part of second floor of MoMA. She is an artist who never stops changing yet having originality, and this exhibition is an opportunity to reflect on her expressions in many ways, setting music as a core. Though she has been changing her style, I feel her creative world has something consistent. Her latest piece shows a new phase in her life for its theme being rebirth from the divorce with her ex-husband. As she gets old her style kept changing, and lately it is deepened to a music which has static expansion. When she made her debut, she was in London, and collaborated with edgy electronic musicians. When you consider chronicle of different styles and her expressions without limit of genre, it seems easy to produce a retrospective exhibition. One can say her whole life is devoted to music. She started composing music at the age of four, released her first record in Iceland at twelve, and before debut in solo, she was in a band called Sugarcubes, which was successful on world-wide scale. Björk has released eight solo albums so far, and in her more than 20 years of career, she has showed different expressions for each album starting from “Debut” in 1993 to the latest piece “Vulnicura”. Exhibition “ Björk” about the titled singer-songwriter is held at Museum of Modern Art, (hereafter called MoMA) until June 7th.
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