New York’s Museum of Modern Art is planning a Björk retrospective for 2015 that will “chronicle her career through sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, costumes, and performance.” According to Pitchfork, the exhibition will also feature a new semi-autobiographical narrative written by Björk along with an “immersive music and film experience” created by director Andrew Huang and 3D software designer Autodesk.
Earlier this month, Björk’s Biophilia app, which she created alongside her last album, became the first app to be added to the MoMA’s permanent collection. Serious art cred. The exhibition will be up from March 7th to June 7th of 2014.
It seems once an element of pop culture is aged enough, curators deem it worthy of the museum. In 2010, Seattle Art Museum mounted "Kurt," a completely serious exhibition on "Seattle’s greatest cultural export," Kurt Cobain. Last week, Pac-Man and other arcade games opened at the MoMA. It's been over…
Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 44°F NIGHT 37°F Dan Deacon, one of the best live performers on planet Earth, plays a 285 Kent farewell show with Pictureplane, DJ Dog Dick,…
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 78 °F LOW 60 °F In theaters: Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side starring Andre 3000; Björk: Biophilia Live at IFC. Andrew Durbin's "Mature Themes" book launch with…
