Björk is throwing a rave to coincide with the total solar eclipse on August 12. Set to take place at Víðistaðatún sculpture park in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, the Echolalia festival, as its being billed, falls within the path of totality, meaning it will experience complete obfuscation of the sun by the moon for one minute and four seconds. Björk and Arca are both playing DJ sets. Other performers include Ronja Jóhannsdóttir and local electronic trio Sideproject.
A press release reads: “For years we’ve been having Mánakvöld ~ dance evenings under a full moon where Björk invites friends to DJ with her. This time we gather under the total solar eclipse and dance.”
Echolalia will occur alongside Björk’s exhibition of the same name at the National Gallery of Iceland, which runs from May 30 through September 19. There, she’ll show installations inspired by three songs: two from 2022’s Fossora (“Sorrowful Soil” and “Ancestress”) and one from an as yet unannounced “forthcoming album.”
In 2024, Björk staged an AI sound piece at Paris’ Pompidou Centre to draw attention to biodiversity loss. Earlier this year, in response to renewed threats of annexation by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, she shared a statement calling for independence in Greenland.
