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Cornucopia (film)
''Cornucopia'' is a 2025 documentary concert film by Björk based on the eponymous concert tour (2019–2023), which debuted as a residency at The Shed in New York City before traveling the world and concluding four years later. Conceived around songs from her ninth studio album ''Utopia (Björk album), Utopia'' (2017), the setlist also includes songs from ''Vulnicura'' (2015) and ''Fossora'' (2022). The film chronicles a performance of the show at the MEO Arena, Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Ísold Uggadóttir, with Björk billed as "sound and visual director". The movie overlays the performances with the visuals that were projected on the screens on the background of the live setting, which were created by German artist Tobias Gremmler and several others, including Andrew Thomas Huang, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. A shortened version of the movie was released on Apple Music and Apple TV+ on January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ísold Uggadóttir
Ísold Uggadóttir is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature film debut in ''And Breathe Normally'', for which she won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Life and career Ísold was born in Reykjavík. She earned her M.F.A. in directing and screenwriting from Columbia University School of the Arts. Her directorial debut short film, ''Family Reunion (Góðir gestir)'', was an official selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. She subsequently directed the short films ''Committed (Njálsgata)'', ''Clean'' and ''Revolution Reykjavík (Útrás Reykjavík)''. Ísold's debut feature film ''And Breathe Normally'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and later released on Netflix in January 2019. In 2025, she directed ''Cornucopia (film), Cornucopia'', a concert film chronicling Icelandic artist Björk's performance in Lisbon during her Cornucopia (concert tour), Cornucopia tour. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Du Preez And Nick Thornton Jones
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones are a London-based photographic and filmmaking duo whose work spans fashion, film, art, scenography and music; together they founded WN Studio. Lives and careers Du Preez, a self-taught photographer from Johannesburg, arrived in London in 1989 and began shooting for magazines in 1992 with his first editorial for The Face magazine. Thornton Jones started his career as an art director. They began collaborating in the late nineties and have worked together ever since. Fashion photography – magazines Du Preez and Thornton Jones’ work has featured in the fashion magazines I-D; Visionaire; Big Magazine; Numero; V Magazine and The New York Times. Advertising campaigns Du Preez and Thornton Jones have created photography, film and digital campaigns for beauty, fashion and automotive clients including Lancôme; BMW; Pepé Jeans; Schweppes and Perrier Jouët. They have also photographed print campaigns for Issey Miyake; Boucheron; Cartier; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergur Þórisson
__NOTOC__ Bergur Þórisson (transliterated as Thorisson; born 1993) is an Icelandic musician, composer, and audio engineer. He is one half of the neo-classical post-rock duo Hugar, musical director for Björk, and frequent collaborator of Ólafur Arnalds. Career Bergur grew up in Seltjarnarnes and played the trombone. After graduating from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in 2012, Bergur was accepted into Juilliard but decided not to pursue it. He took one semester of engineering at Reykjavík University. Bergur joined Ólafur Arnalds in writing the music for the 2013 British TV series ''Broadchurch'', for which Ólafur was awarded the BAFTA awards. Bergur then toured with Ólafur around Europe. Bergur was the audio engineer on Björk's 2017 Grammy-nominated album, ''Utopia'', and then toured with her on stage on her Cornucopia tour. Other collaborators include Sigur Rós, Jóhann Jóhannsson, and Arnór Dan. Bergur has a small scale production of microphones he makes by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield of physics and electrical engineering which uses Passivity (engineering), active devices such as transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits to control and amplify the flow of electric current and to convert it from one form to another, such as from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) or from analog signal, analog signals to digital signal, digital signals. Electronic devices have significantly influenced the development of many aspects of modern society, such as telecommunications, entertainment, education, health care, industry, and security. The main driving force behind the advancement of electronics is the semiconductor industry, which continually produces ever-more sophisticated electronic devices and circuits in respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Delago
Manu Delago (born 31 July 1984) is an Austrian musician and composer. Biography Delago was born in Innsbruck, Tyrol (state), Tyrol, and took music lessons as a child in accordion and piano. As a teenager he mainly played drums for various rock bands. In 2003 he picked up the Hang, which gradually turned into one of his main musical instruments. After graduating from the Mozarteum, Innsbruck, in classical percussion, Delago moved to London and studied jazz drums at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, beginning his focus on the Swiss instrument, Hang_(instrument), Hang. Later he studied composition at the Trinity College of Music in London. After completing his studies, he worked as a composer, ensemble leader and musician. Since 2007 he has performed internationally in more than fifty countries on six continents including prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Barbican in London, Carnegie Hall in New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion Section
The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments. The percussion section is itself divided into three subsections: * Pitched percussion, consisting of pitched instruments such as glockenspiel and tubular bells. * Auxiliary percussion, consisting of all unpitched instruments such as snare drum and cymbals. * Timpani. These three subsections reflect the three main skill areas that a percussionist studies. Percussion sections, consisting of similar instruments, may also be found in stage bands and other musical ensembles. Tuned percussion :''See also untuned percussion'' This subsection is traditionally called tuned percussion, however the corresponding term '' untuned percussion'' is avoided in modern organology in favour of the term '' unpitched percussion'', so the instruments of this subsection are similarly termed '' pitched percussion''. All instruments of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpist
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood. Some have multiple rows of strings and pedal attachments. Ancient depictions of harps were recorded in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), Iran, Persia (now Iran) and Ancient Egypt, Egypt, and later in India and China. By medieval times harps had spread across Europe. Harps were found across the Americas where it was a popular Folk music, folk tradition in some areas. Distinct designs also emerged from the African continent. Harps have symbolic political traditions and are often used in logos, including in Ireland. Historically, strings were made of sinew (animal tendons). Other materials have included catgut, gut (animal intestines), plant fiber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flute
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, flutes are edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist or flutist. Paleolithic flutes with hand-bored holes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 53,000 to 45,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany, indicating a developed musical tradition from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.. Citation on p. 248. * While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia also has a long history with the instrument. A playable bone flute discovered in China is dated to about 9,000 years ago. The Americas also had an ancient flute culture, with instrumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. , Facebook claimed almost 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. , Facebook ranked as the List of most-visited websites, third-most-visited website in the world, with 23% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utopia Tour (Björk)
The Utopia tour was the ninth concert tour by Icelandic musician Björk, centering on her 2017 studio album, ''Utopia''. The tour kicked off with 2 special stage rehearsals on 9 and 12 April 2018 at the Háskólabío Theater in Iceland before touring Europe. ''Utopia's'' live presentation later evolved into Cornucopia, a theatrical stage concert with enhanced visual and sound presentations which opened at The Shed in New York City on 6 May 2019. Background and concept Björk announced her ninth studio album, ''Utopia'', on 2 August 2017 to coincide with a ''Dazed'' magazine cover story which detailed the soundscape of the album as featuring flutes and birdsong. A release date was not initially revealed, but was later announced as 24 November 2017. On 30 October 2017, Björk was announced as one of the headliners for the All Points East music festival in London on 27 May 2018. It was her first confirmed live gig during the ''Utopia'' era. On 2 November, another live date was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Magazine
''Another Magazine'', styled ''AnOther'', is an international fashion and culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ... bi-annual. Founded in 2001, its Editor-in-Chief is Susannah Frankel, who joined in January 2016. Frankel had been Fashion Features Director of the magazine since its launch and a regular contributor to '' Dazed & Confused'' since 1998. Issues In 2015 ''AnOther Magazine'' was the first magazine to have a high definition LED moving cover. In 2016, to celebrate its 15th anniversary ''AnOther Magazine'' commissioned holographer and artist Rob Munday to create 1,000 limited edition hand-made 3D covers of Karl Lagerfeld. References External links * {{Official website, www.anothermag.com Biannual magazines published in the United Kingdom Lifesty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
