Björk Embraces AI: Pioneering artist Björk announces “Nature Manifesto,” an innovative sound installation merging artificial intelligence with endangered species’ voices, debuting November 20 at Paris’s Centre Pompidou. As Stereogum reports, the immersive experience aims to highlight urgent environmental challenges through a unique technological approach.
Technology Meets Nature: Created in collaboration with Icelandic artist Aleph and IRCAM, the 3-minute, 40-second piece uses AI software to blend endangered and extinct animal sounds with human voices. According to Spin, the installation occupies the museum’s distinctive escalator area, known as “the caterpillar.”
- AI technology creates unique sonic landscapes
- Strategic placement enhances industrial-nature contrast
Environmental Advocacy Advances: The project extends beyond artistic expression, launching alongside a campaign partnering with young environmentalists in France and Iceland. This initiative continues Björk’s commitment to environmental causes following her recent protest against Icelandic fish farming.
Cultural Institution Embraces Message: The Centre Pompidou hosts the installation as part of its forum “Biodiversity: Which culture for which future?” which runs through December 9. The free exhibition encourages visitors to reconsider their relationship with nature. If you can’t get enough of her, check out Björk’s new book.
Artistic Vision Evolves: “We wanted to remind citizens of the raw vitality of endangered creatures,” Björk explains, describing how the installation creates a “sonic bridge” between urban life and vanishing natural worlds.
