Björk - The Gate

Gucci designed the striking dress that Björk is wearing in The Gate video. It took 870 hours to make this peace of art.
The design by Alessandro Michele took approximately 550 hours to make, and an additional 320 hours for the embroidery. The dress’s fabrics include 5 meters of pleated iridescent PVC plastic material, 3 meters of PVC iridescent strips and 20 meters of pleated lurex organza. Alessandro Michele also collaborated as the film’s creative director.

Take a look at just few behind the scenes close-up.

HAIR! Human hair in fashion and art

HAIR! Human hair in fashion and art, exhibition on display at Centraal Museum Utrecht until 29th of May 2016.

This fascinating exhibition shows how human hair is a returning source of inspiration for designers and artists. The tactile experience of human hair gives a real and at the same time a surreal image. Use of human hair can be considered controversial, but at the same time it creates a striking aesthetic in contemporary art.
Hair can be associated with disgust but at the same time as delicate subject of adornment and beauty. Exactly this contradiction makes the exhibition experiences  fascinating.
The exhibition HAIR! provides multidisciplinair variety of works, sometimes very explicitly and sometimes very subtle so that is wonderous.

Go and have a look!

http://centraalmuseum.nl

Medúlla - First opera by Björk

Medúlla, international opera by Björk

04, 05, 07 & 08 February 2015 at La Monnaie (Brussels)

Exciting news! The season to come, 2014-2015 season, the Brussels opera house La Monnaie presents the world premiere of a new opera based on the album Medúlla of the singer Björk. This particular production is created by the Netherlands-based director Sjaron Minailo (Studio Minailo) and sung by including Roberta Alexander and Kevin Walton (both based in the Netherlands). A large part of the artistic team comes from the Netherlands, including composers Anat Spiegel (musical arrangement) and Henry Vega (electronics). The costume and set design is in the hands of the Danish fashion designer Hernik Vibskov.
 ‘What happened before we got involved in problematic things like civilization, religion and nationhood ?’ In her conceptual album Medúlla, Icelandic artist Björk returns to a pagan universe that is entirely human. Björk’s composition for a cappella voices explores a huge array of vocal techniques, from throat-singing and choruses to beatboxing and pop harmonies.
Released in 2004, the album was her reaction to counter the outbreaks of racism and neo-nationalism after the 9/11 attacks. A decade later, an ensemble of singers representing different generations – children and youth choirs next to senior opera singers – unites to redefine in meditative images what Björk named ‘medúlla’ – ‘an ancient spirit that’s passionate and dark, a spirit that survives’ – the basic element of human condition that unites us all, despite different beliefs, origins, nations and ages.

Credits
Composer: Björk
Music direction: Bassem Akiki
Director: Sjaron Minailo
Set design & costumes: Hendrik Vibskov
Lighting: Maarten Warmerdam
Dramaturgy: Krystian Lada
New vocal arrangements: Anat Spiegel
Live electronics: Henry Vega
Conductor of the children s chorus: Denis Menier
Youth chorus direction: Benoît Giaux
Soloists: Roberta Alexander
Soloists: Kevin Walton
Chorus: La Maitrise & La Choraline Production La Monnaie / De Munt

Ticket sales starting on 02/12/2014 More info 

http://www.lamonnaie.be

Moon video by Björk

Moon is the the latest track taken from Björk’s forthcoming multimedia album Biophilia. The album will be released on October 10th. The video was directed, produced and art directed by Björk, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, M/M Paris and James Merry.