Four Years After Her MoMA Retrospective, Björk Returns to New York With a 'Bespoke Team of Collaborators'
- NEW YORK, New York
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- November 13, 2018
Alex Poots, Artistic Director and CEO of The Shed, has announced Cornucopia, a new concert production conceived and performed by Björk and directed by John Tiffany. Cornucopia will receive its world premiere in New York City at The Shed in spring 2019 as part of its inaugural season (dates to be announced), in its largest space, The McCourt.
“i am very excited to announce that i will be part of The Shed’s opening season in manhattan next spring. this winter i will prepare my most elaborate stage concert yet, where the acoustic and digital will shake hands, encouraged by a bespoke team of collaborators,” said Björk.
“This is Bjork’s first-ever production created with theatrical collaborators,” said Alex Poots. “We are honored and excited to be producing this new work at The Shed.”
Media artist Tobias Gremmler will create the digital visual design in an environment created by stage designer Chloe Lamford.
Viibra, a seven-piece female Icelandic flute ensemble including Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, Berglind María Tómasdóttir, Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir, Björg Brjánsdóttir, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, and Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir, with Katie Buckley (harp), Manu Delago, (percussion) and Bergur Þórisson (electronics), will join Björk on stage for her performances at The Shed.
Cornucopia’s creative team also includes Margrét Bjarnadóttir, choreography; Bruno Poet, lighting design; Iris Van Herpen, costume design; Gareth Fry, sound design; John Gale, sound engineering; and the artist James Merry.
Further details and on-sale dates for tickets will be announced later this year.
Björk is a multidisciplinary artist who, time and again, innovates across music, art, fashion, and technology. From writing, arranging, and producing an expansive music catalog, to escapades in virtual reality and digital apps, Björk continues to inspire and experiment, redefining the boundaries of how a musician works.
Opening in spring 2019 where the High Line meets Hudson Yards on Manhattan's west side, The Shed commissions original works of art, across all disciplines, for all audiences. From hip hop to classical music, painting and sculpture to literature, film to theater and dance, The Shed will bring together leading artists and thinkers from all disciplines under one roof. The building—a remarkable movable structure designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group—physically transforms to support artists' most ambitious ideas. Committed to nurturing artistic invention and bringing creative experiences to the broadest possible audiences, The Shed, led by Artistic Director and CEO Alex Poots, is a 21st-century space of and for New York City.
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