January 6, 2012

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Bjork is joining with The Creators Project and the New York Hall of Science to bring her audio-visual live show--plus a related educational series--to the States.

During a 10-day residency in New York City from Feb. 3 to March 2, the Icelandic artist will perform six shows at the Hall of Science and four at the Roseland Ballroom.

The performances, specifically designed to reflect Bjork's latest album, Biophilia, first debuted in England as a commissioned piece by the Manchester International Festival.

The Biophilia shows in NYC will boast "an intimate setting with no audience member more than a few yards from the stage." Some custom-made instruments that will be used live include four 10-foot harps, a MIDI-controlled pipe organ and "twin musical Tesla coils."

Bjork's taste for combining science and art will also make its way into a classroom of sorts. A three-week long engagement, also with NYSCI, will offer science and music workshops for middle-school students.

Kids will use the Biophilia App and other interactive tools to study the scientific concepts--"crystalline structures, lunar phases, viruses"--behind the album, as well as learn about the connection between music and nature.

Tour Dates:

02/03 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/06 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/09 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/12 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/15 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/18 – Queens, NY @ New York Hall of Science
02/22 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
02/25 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
02/28 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
03/02 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom

03/31 – Santiago, CL @ Lollapalooza Chile
05/11 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Sonar Sao Paulo
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/09 – Porto, PR @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/22 – Santiago de Compostela, ES @ The Plaza
06/27 – Nimes, FR @ Nimes Festival
06/30 – Lyon, FR @ Festival les nuits de Fourviere
07/03 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/08 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/12 – Ostrava, CZ @ Colours of Ostava
07/13-15 – Lake Balaton, HR @ Balaton Sound
07/21 – Moscow, RU @ Afisha Picnic
08/09 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/12 – Helsinki, FL @ Flow Festival

Wow, the Hall of Science is only a ten minute drive from where I live, if that long. It's practically across the street from Citi Field. It would be interesting to see a show there.

Is this this start or the end of her tour? I'm confused...

Cheapest tickets are $75 before all the fees. Yikes. I was thinking about going to more than one show, but not anymore. One will have to do.