Björk loves the Earth.Last year, she and Rosalía released a single together to protest Icelandic fish farming, and she narrated a documentary about fungi, which were also a focus of her 2022 album Fossora.
And today, Björk has announced “Nature Manifesto,” a sound installation you can soon check out at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.The three-minute, 40-second piece is presented as part of the forum “Biodiversity: Which culture for which future?,” and will be open from Nov.
20 to Dec.9.
It’s meant to create “an immersive auditory experience reflecting current environmental challenges, prompting us to rethink our connection with nature and our role in its preservation.” Björk worked on the music with fellow Icelandic artist Aleph, and in a joint statement, they explain: It’s not every day you read “AI software” and “endangered and extinct animals” in the same sentence.See the announcement below.
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