Björk has shared insights into her latest concert film, Björk: Cornucopia, explaining how the performance culminates with a message of hope. The film, which captures her groundbreaking five-year-long tour, concludes with the powerful sentiment, “Love will save us from death,” which Björk passionately stands by.
“This is my reply to the goth culture of Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart,'” Björk explains. “I want to create optimistic goth. For me, it’s all about striving for an uplifting, albino goth experience.”
In her typical thought-provoking style, Björk brings this optimistic vision to life through Cornucopia, a visually rich concert movie that blends elements of the artist’s Vulnicura, Fossora, and Utopia albums. The film showcases Björk’s exploration of complex themes such as healing, the cycle of life and death, and mythological joy. The cinematic version of her live performance, now available in cinemas worldwide, takes audiences through an immersive and surreal journey.
Björk, known for her boundary-pushing creativity, meticulously curated Cornucopia as the “sound and visual director,” combining unique instruments like magnetic harps and circular flutes with surreal virtual reality imagery. The result is a visually stunning “sci-fi” world that includes animated curtains, digital vulvas, snowstorms, spiraling light, and angel-winged musicians. These elements, amplified by Dolby Atmos spatial audio, create a completely original sensory experience, filmed live at a 19th-century theater in Lisbon.
The Cornucopia project merges digital and analog realms, making it a one-of-a-kind artistic feat that is impossible to compare to other performances. In her email responses, Björk provides deep insights into her artistic process, offering a glimpse into the creative mind behind the spectacular performance.
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