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In one of its most complex and ambitious exhibitions, the Museum of Modern Art has designed a career retrospective on Bjork that probes the question -- just how does one put music on a wall? The highlight of the two-floor retrospective, which opens to the public Sunday and runs until June 7, is a walk through the artist's eight adult solo albums, with each museum-goer given a headset that, triggered by sensors, narrates a fictional biography of Bjork set to highlights of the music. The visitor sees diaries of Bjork with her musings -- "I don't recognize myself / This is very interesting," she writes in one, which turned into the song "Headphones" -- as well as some of Bjork's most sensational outfits, including the swan dress she wore to the 2001 Oscars and the dress of tiny bells designed by Alexander McQueen. The lobbies feature music from four "instruments" including a Tesla coil that appeared on Bjork's 2011 album "Biophilia," an innovative work that was accompanied by a smartphone app -- the first to enter the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
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Björk has long been as much a part of the art world as the music one; she did, after all, end up boo’ed up with Matthew Barney, rather than Tricky or Goldie. And next year, New York’s Museum Of Modern Art will present a retrospective of Björk’s entire career. For the exhibition, Björk co-wrote a [...]
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Björk: Confirms Death Grips Collab: “I Am Thrilled To Be Their ‘Found Object’”
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You’ll forgive us if we don’t automatically take Death Grips at their word. Late last night, the group released niggas on the moon, the first half of their forthcoming double album the powers that b., as a free download. In characteristic Death Grips fashion, this whole thing was a surprise, and not everyone believed them [...]
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Björk: Download Death Grips’ “Niggas On The Moon” Feat. Björk
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Death Grips just unleashed a new double album, the powers that b. The first installment/disc, “niggas on the moon,” features Björk on all eight tracks. It’ll be out officially later this year on Harvest/Third Worlds Records. You can download a zip via thirdworlds.net, mega.co.nz, or SoundCloud, and stream the whole...
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Björk: Watch Jay Z Play Some “Pagan Poetry” As Björk Attends His Concert On Long Island
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Björk has been living in New York for a while now, and if you’re in New York and you get a chance to see Jay Z live, you go; duh. Last night, Björk went to Jay’s show at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum, and Jay shouted her out from the stage as his band played a [...]
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The rapper also played a snippet of the musician's single 'Pagan Poetry'
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