By Molly Fischer 9/28/09 5:55pm

Apartmaster Cycle

Confirming a rash of late-August rumors, Brownstoner says today that Bjork and Matthew Barney will in fact be moving to Brooklyn Heights. No word yet on whether they will be bringing their anthropomorphic cats and vats of Vaseline.

By John S.W. MacDonald 12/31/08 4:13pm

Bjork To Rescue Iceland’s Economy?

Is it just us, or is it only in Iceland that it’s possible to imagine artists taking it upon themselves to single-handedly save the national economy? Billboard.com is reporting that super-human Icelandic pop-star, Bjork, has partnered with a Reykjavik venture capital outfit to fund sustainable businesses—all in an effort to prop up the Read More

By Gillian Reagan 12/06/07 5:26pm

Tube Surfing: Bjork "Declare Independence"

Raise your (freak) flag! Bjork demands it in her new single "Declare Independence," possibly the most controversial track that buzzsaws through her relatively new album, Volta. Michael Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and seven of Bjork’s previous videos, creates a visually stunning piece of performance art to complement the track’s screeching Read More

By Jonathan Liu 5/01/07 7:21pm

Björk: Still Weird After All These Years

Chirps, pecks, plumage: Appreciating Volta (One Little Indian/Elektra), Björk’s sixth proper solo album, is, to a not insignificant extent, a matter of ornithology—a concern quite prominent in the cultural air of late.

In the current best-seller The Black Swan (see review, p. C6), “philosopher of randomness” Nassim Nicholas Taleb ridicules statistical models—and their Ph.D. Read More