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Last month, Bj\u00f6rk played a surprise DJ set<\/a> at the Venice Biennale and announced that she’ll release a new album sometime this year. She also announced plans for Echolalia, a new immersive exhibit at Reykjav\u00edk’s National Gallery Of Iceland. It’s built around reimagined versions of “Ancestress” and “Sorrowful Soil,” two mournful songs from Bj\u00f6rk’s 2022 album Fossora<\/a><\/em>, as well as a demo version of a new song called “Nerve Bloom.”<\/p>\n Bj\u00f6rk attended the Echolalia opening over the weekend, and the exhibit pairs her music with visuals from painter Natalia Kleszczewska and CGI director Natalie Liu. Bj\u00f6rk posted a clip of “Nerve Bloom” on social media this morning, and other people made more complete recordings of the song at the exhibit. Check it out below.<\/p>\n Bj\u00f6rk also put out a statement this morning, possibly in response to people who criticized the exhibit because the Bj\u00f6rk avatars look like they’re AI-generated. Here’s what she wrote:<\/p>\n Avatars, animation and archetypes: Nerve Bloom (remix)<\/p>\n i wanted to tell you how we made the visuals for nerve-bloom<\/p>\n i did it with Natalia Kleszczewska and Natalie Liu .<\/p>\n Natalia Kleszczewska is a painter , she painted the creatures and the backgrounds .<\/p>\n Natalie Liu is a computer graphics director , she shaped the digital dimension of the work .<\/p>\n my role in it was a creative director , bringing in the singer-songwriter tradition , where emotionally precise things happen inside the structure of a song . i guided colour palettes , textures and the environments the music happens in .\u00a0<\/p>\n to make this possible , during the process , natalia often had to paint many shapes and sizes , different textures and layers of colours .<\/p>\n natalie then developed the visuals, designing and overseeing CGI elements, and finding ways for the digital to sit organically alongside Natalia\u2019s world and include my dramaturgy and creative direction.<\/p>\n we spent 7 months talking and working together , dedicated to relish in the craft of blending hand-made visuals with digital experimentation, 3D design and commit it to physical display technology. a lot of time was spent on researching different tools and techniques to find what worked best at each stage in the song .<\/em><\/p>\n like i’ve done before , i wanted to merge old things with tech , giving it soul & a meaning .<\/p>\n to paint a painting is an analog craft but computer programming is craftmanship too !! and both can co-exist ,<\/p>\n …..encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world .<\/p>\n there is a tradition in pop music for the musician to choose a video director .\u00a0<\/p>\n in the art world , this is called “curation” , but where we came from , it was natural that the musician would have strong opinions on what your song needed , which mood , colours , textures & storyline . today this is called “creative director” and it is something we didn’t credit ourselves with , in the 90s but i am starting to understand this better now .\u00a0<\/p>\n i don\u00b4t think of me as a visual artist . because my heart is music . everything i do comes from a sonic point of view .<\/p>\n this is something i have called “sonic symbolism” , sound made visual , a reverse synesthesia .<\/p>\n when you listen to a song for the first time , it is like swallowing a whale , you need to feel the whole musical sculpture in one go .<\/p>\n the structure of a song has always been extremely important to me :<\/p>\n \u00a0what shape it is . this is part of the craft of being a singer-songwriter ….<\/p>\n ……. we are tune sculptors …..<\/p>\n since i am talking about the visuals for nerve bloom it is impossible to not mention the avatars in my music videos . they have replaced the storyteller with an attempt to connect to the more universal element of music , through animation, avatars , puppetry both digital and analog .<\/p>\n for me they are marionettes in a puppet-theatre , hopefully in a similar realm as the jungian archetypes ( which we all can act out the characteristics of …)<\/p>\n …. i feel nerve-bloom is a natural continuation ….<\/p>\n an animated avatar archetype<\/p>\n singing you a song<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last month, Bj\u00f6rk played a surprise DJ set at the Venice Biennale and announced that she’ll release a new album sometime this year. 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