Power Couple Double Bill: Bjork & Matthew

An appendix to the release of Bjork's new album Volta, and a taster for Matthew Barney's September show at The Serpentine, when Drawing Restraint 9 will finally come to London (despite the film's commercial release in various countries last year).
First: A scene from Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9. Accompanied by Bjork's rhythmic soundtrack to ritualistic construction, these 7 minutes unfurl a choreographed building site, where structures are being both created and venerated. A little like watching the un-dead perform both manual labour and parade, in an industrial heaven decked out in clinical ice cream colours.

The images below take you to two further scenes from the film:


And for Bjork: A video of her performing a rousing cover version of a well known eurodance hit to a piano accompaniment. Sing along.

More Nouveau Réalisme

An extended trailer for a two-episode reality TV series, that screened on Fox (who else..?) in early 2004. The Littlest Groom takes the Bachelor Seeks Bride format and twists it into a surreal parallel world of Dani Behr narrated 'little people.' Like an Endemol remake of Even Dwarves Started Small perhaps? The series takes on an interesting flirtation with eugenics in a twist of statuesque proportions. If you missed this media event, here is a chance to see it again. A nice comparison to the post below perhaps...