5.3 Indicadores y Variabilidad
5.3.2 SPI y Variabilidad
and
the whistle of wind …
songs in
the name
of
biophilia …
VII
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move the
‘h’
to the back of the word
HEART
and it becomes a new one: EARTH …
move it
to the front again:
HEART …
move it back: EARTH …
EARTH-HEART …
Earth-Heart …
earth-heart …
earth …
heart …
oh … yes …
the heart …
the heart keeps beating …
beating triumphantly …
beating with the earth …
the earth …
VII
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debut || 1993
Page 77 — Björk wearing a mohair sweater by Maison Martin Margiela for the cover of “Violently Happy,” 1993.
Photography by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. Page 79 — 1995.
Photography by Alain Duplantier.
Page 81 — Photo taken for the cover of “Human Behaviour,” 1993. Photography by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.
Page 83 — Video stills from “Human Behaviour,” directed by Michel Gondry, 1993.
Page 85 — Cover photo for “Big Time Sensuality,” 1993. Photography by Juergen Teller.
Page 87 — 1993. Photography by Glen Luchford.
Page 89 — 1994. Photography by Rankin.
Page 91 — Video stills from “Venus as a Boy,” directed by Sophie Muller, 1993. Page 93 — Cover photo for “Venus as a Boy,” 1993.
Photography by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. post || 1995
Page 95 — Björk wearing an “Airmail” jacket made of envelope paper, designed by Hussein Chalayan, for the cover of Post, 1995.
Art directed by Paul White. Photography by Stéphane Sédnaoui. Page 97 — Video stills from “It’s Oh So Quiet,”
directed by Spike Jonze, 1995. Page 99 — 1996. Photography by Nobuyoshi Araki.
Page 101 — Stills from the video to “Hyperballad,” 1996, filmed by Michel Gondry at Telecine Cell in London
using a motion-control system. Page 103 — 1995. Photography by Juergen Teller.
Page 105 — 1996. Photography by Gavin Evans.
Page 107 — 1995. Photography by Glen Luchford.
Page 109 — 1995. Photography by Snorri Brothers.
homogenic || 1997
Page 111 — Cover for Homogenic, 1997, featuring a kimono, sash, and necklace designed by Alexander McQueen.
Photography by Nick Knight. Page 113 — Video stills from “Bachelorette,”
co-written by Björk and Sjón; video directed by Michel Gondry, 1997.
Page 115 — Björk wearing a white leather dress with chiffon “wings,” designed by Jeremy Scott, for her Homogenic tour, 1998.
Photography by F. Albert. Page 117 — 1997. Photography by Craig McDean.
Page 119 — Cover image for “Bachelorette,” 1997. Photography by Paul White.
Page 121 — Michel Gondry and Björk, photographed on location, 1999. Photography by Benni Valsson.
Page 123 — 1997. Photography by Phil Poynter.
Page 125 — Video stills from “All is Full of Love,”
with software and special effects utilized to impose Björk’s facial features onto a pair of robots, directed by Chris Cunningham, 1999.
vespertine || 2001
Page 127 — Cover photo for Vespertine, 2001,
featuring the “Swan” dress of tulle and feathers designed by Marjan Pejoski. Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Drawing by M/M (Paris). Page 129 — 2001.
Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Page 131 — Vespertine shoot, 2001, featuring a costume design by threeASFOUR. Photography by Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
Page 133 — Video stills from “Hidden Place,”
directed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin and M/M (Paris), 2001. Page 135 — Björk wearing a dress by Alexander McQueen, 2001.
Music box and shoes by Matthew Barney. Photography by Nick Knight.
Page 137 — 2000. Photography by Mert & Marcus.
Page 139 — 2000. Photography by Nan Goldin.
Page 141 — Björk wearing an Alexander McQueen dress in the “Pagan Poetry” video, 2001.
Photography by Nick Knight. Page 143 — 2000. Photography by David Sims.
medúlla || 2004
Page 145 — Björk photographed for the cover of Medúlla, 2004, wearing a hairpiece by Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (a.k.a. Shoplifter)
and a necklace designed by M/M (Paris). Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Page 147 — Video stills from “Triumph of a Heart,” directed by Spike Jonze, 2005.
Page 149 — 2004.
Photography by Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. Page 151 — Video stills from “Nature is Ancient,” directed by Lynn Fox, 2002.
Page 153 — Medúlla shoot, 2004.
Photography by Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. Page 155 — Video stills from “Who Is It,” shot on location in Iceland by Dawn Shadforth, 2004,
Björk wearing a dress of silk and metal bells designed by Alexander McQueen.
Page 157 — Björk wearing the Medúlla hairpiece, 2004. Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Page 159 — 2000. Photography by Mert & Marcus.
volta || 2007
Pages 161 and 163 — Volta cover shoot, with crochet costume by The Icelandic Love Corporation
and make-up by Andrea Helgadóttir, 2007. Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Page 165 — Björk wearing a dress by Kokon To Zai, 2008. Photography by Vera Palsdóttir.
Page 167 — Concept art from “Wanderlust” video made in stereoscopic 3D, with large-scale puppeteering, live-action acrobatics, miniatures, and computer graphics.
Image by Encyclopedia Pictura, 2007. Page 169 — 2007.
Photography by Bernhard Kristinn. Page 171 — Björk wearing a yarn mask designed by The Icelandic Love Corporation, 2007.
Photography by Bernhard Kristinn.
Page 173 — Video stills from “Declare Independence,” directed by Michel Gondry, 2007.
The flags of Greenland and the Faroe Islands are featured on the shoulders of the characters’ jumpsuits: Björk dedicated her lyrics to both territories—ruled by Denmark,
just as Iceland once was.
Page 175 — The cover of Volta, 2007, featuring a Styrofoam and lacquer spray paint costume inspired by Luigi Ontani
and designed by Bernhard Willhelm. Photography by Nick Knight.
biophilia || 2011
Page 177 — Cover photo for Biophilia, 2011, featuring a red nebula-style wig by Eugene Souleiman,
a dress by Iris van Herpen, and a “harp-belt” in cherry wood and bronze by threeASFOUR. Photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.
Constellation by M/M (Paris). Pages 179 and 181 — 2012.
Photography by Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. Page 183 — Photo taken for the cover of the 200th edition of Dazed & Confused magazine,
guest-edited by Björk, 2011. Art and photography by Sam Falls. Page 185 — Video stills from “Mutual Core,”
directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, 2012.
Page 187 — Strata portrait developed for the “Mutual Core” video, later used as a cover for the remix album Bastards, 2012.
Image by Andrew Thomas Huang. black lake || 2015
Pages 190–91 — Still from the “Black Lake” audio-visual installation specially commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York,
directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, introducing a new character into the Björk universe;
a version of the song was released on her eighth solo studio album. All video stills:
Courtesy of Wellhart and One Little Indian. All photographs: Courtesy the photographers.
All art: Courtesy the artists.
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