Why Bjork Performs In Museums
Björk can’t get enough of museums. The Icelandic songstress is set to sing about zombie snails, and more from her acclaimed “Biophilia” album, at New York’s Hall of Science next month. And she’s revealed that she’s in discussions with other museums around the world to take the show to them too. What is it about performing “Biophilia” in museums that appeals to Björk? In a new interview, she answers: “Well, since I started writing this album three and a half years ago, it always had an educational, a David Attenborough, a science, a natural history museum angle to it.” Indeed, that album itself is a rigorous, scientific affair. Listening to its songs in suitably scientific surroundings makes sense. Says Björk: “The core of it [Biophilia] is comparing structures in nature with musical structures. So these buildings seemed a natural home.”
