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Inside the Psychedelic Mind of Björk: A Retrospective at MoMA

AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES

The most talked about MoMA show for years offers a glimpse of the Icelandic singer’s magical world.

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Courtesy Wellhart Ltd & One Little Indian via MOMA

In a mesmerizing video from 1988, Björk, the Icelandic musician and diminutive sprite, dismantles a clunky television and sensuously declares its knobs, chips, and cables to be “like a little model of a city,” with “houses, streets, and an elevator.”

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