Following last week's announcement that Museum of Modern Art acquired Björk's Biophilia app—the first smartphone app to appear in the museum—today, MoMA announced that it will present a fullscale retrospective dedicated to the artist in 2015. The exhibition will share more than 20 years worth of her work as a composer, musician, and out-and-out muse, which includes seven full-length albums, as well as her creative experimentation with sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, costumes, performances, and technology.The press release elaborates further:The installation will present a narrative, both biographical and imaginatively fictitious, cowritten by Björk and the acclaimed Icelandic writer Sjón Sigurdsson. Björk's collaborations with video directors, photographers, fashion designers, and artists will be featured, and the exhibition culminates with a newly commissioned, immersive music and film experience conceived and realized with director Andrew Huang and 3-D design leader Autodesk.Organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large at MoMA and Director of MoMA PS1, the exhibition will be on view from March 7th through June 7th, 2015 and MoMA will be the sole venue. Biesenbach added:“Björk is an extraordinarily innovative artist whose contributions to contemporary music, video, film, fashion, and art have had a major impact on her generation worldwide. This highly experimental exhibition offers visitors a direct experience of her hugely collaborative body of work.”Stay tuned for more information on the exhibition, and to learn more about the Biophilia app, revisit our documentary on the making of the project:Related:Bjork's Biophilia Becomes The First App To Appear At MoMAInteractive Artist Scott Snibbe Gives Us The Scoop On Björk's Biophilia AppsBjörk Announces "Biophilia" New York Residency And Education SeriesA Guide To Björk's Custom Biophilia InstrumentsAnimating Björk's Biophilia: Q&A With Stephen Malinowski
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