The exhibit will open with the singer’s first mature solo album, Debut, and then proceed chronologically, highlighting eight full-length albums as well as notable collaborations with directors, designers and artists. Experimental music videos, instruments, a fictitiously biographical narrative written by Icelandic writer Sjón and a slew of outlandish costumes will all be on display, including Hussein Chalayan’s Airmail dress from 1999, Marjan Pejoski’s Swan dress from 2001 and Alexander McQueen’s Bell dress from 2004. The centerpiece of the show, however, revolves around Black Lake, a 10-minute “immersive music and film experience” that was created with director Andrew Thomas Huang and 3-D design leader Autodesk, and corresponds with the track of the same name off her 2015 album Vulnicura.
Björk will be open to the public at MoMA from March 8 to June 7, 2015, coinciding with her New York City tour dates for Vulnicura. In the meantime, check out the gallery below for our favorite Björk getups of all time.
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Björk walks the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2000 to promote the Danish musical drama Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award.
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When asked why she chose Marjan Pejoski's Swan dress for the 2001 Oscars, Björk told CDNow.com, "I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs."
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The singer accompanying designer Alexander McQueen to a 2003 Fashion Rocks event, wearing the designer's plumed gown.
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Prince Charles chatting it up with the troubadour at the Fashion Rocks after-party she threw with Alexander McQueen in 2003.
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Björk singing "Oceania" at the opening ceremony for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Blending in at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007.
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And again at the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in 2008...
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We have no idea what the 2010 Polar Music Prize is, but we're guessing it's Stockholm's answer to Comic-Con.
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Björk singing a heart-wrenching rendition of "Gloomy Sunday" at the Alexander McQueen memorial service in 2010 at London's St Paul's Cathedral, wearing an ostrich-feathered skirt from his Spring 2000 collection and wooden wings from Spring 1999.
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The Icelandic singer steals the spotlight at the 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
