Bjork streaming 1 hour of new ‘Cornucopia’ film this weekend ahead of theatrical release

Bjork‘s Cornucopia show was a dazzling, flute-filled spectacle. If you didn’t get the chance to see it in person, she’s made a concert film for it which will get a theatrical release sometime in the near future, and ahead of that, an hour of it will premiere this Friday, January 24 on Apple Music at 10 PM Eastern (7 PM Pacific).

“i feel the modern concert film is a matriarchially friendly construct , welcomed in the current climate . where female musicians can share their worlds uncorrupted,” Bjork writes in a statement announcing the Cornucopia film. “in cornucopia , i was joined by musical director and multi instrumentalist bergur þórisson , percussionist manu delago , flute septet Viibra , harpist katie buckley and the hamrahlid choir. i spent last decade working with 360-degree sound and visual software in virtual reality and animation, creating Biophilia and later Vulnicura as a VR album. i was deeply inspired by the idea of a fully-immersive experience spreading Utopia and Fossora into fully surround speakers. my intention was to bring what we had created for 21st-century VR into a 19th-century theatre – taking it from the headset to the stage.”

Bjork continues: “this vision was realised with 27 moving curtains that captured projections on different textures and LED screens, creating a digitally animated show : a ‘modern lanterna magica’ for live music. i also wanted to feature bespoke instruments: a magnetic harp, an aluphone, a circular flute, and a reverb chamber, specially built with an audio architect to enhance the most intimate version of a performance—in a personal chapel. throughout this tale, there is a subplot woven in: a second story of an avatar—a modern marionette who alchemically mutates, from puppet to puppet, from the injury of a heart wound to a fully healed state. i hope you enjoy it.”

Watch a clip from the Cornucopia film below.