Björk has teamed up with French artist Aleph to present a new sound installation at Paris’ Centre Pompidou.
‘Nature’s Manifesto’ has been designed with assistance from AI and French music institute IRCAM, and features sounds from both Björk and Aleph which mimic the calls of extinct animals. The piece, which clocks in at almost four minutes, also centres around a spoken word manifesto.
In a joint statement, the two artists said: “This immersive sound piece gives endangered and extinct animals a voice by merging their sounds with our words. We wanted to share their presence in an architecture representing the industrial age, far away from nature. In the veins of the escalator of the museum, known as the ‘caterpillar,’ we wanted to remind citizens of the raw vitality of endangered creatures.”
‘Nature’s Manifesto’, which forms part of an exhibition called ‘Biodiversity: Which culture for which future?’, will run at Centre Pompidou from November 20 through to December 9.
Later this week, Björk will release the photobook Cornucopia: The Book.
Revisit tQ’s recent piece on her classic album Medúlla, published to mark its 20th anniversary, here.
