Björk: the “Echolalia” project, a daytime rave, and then the new album

Björk is unveiling a new project blending music, installation and natural landscape. The project is titled "Echolalia" and takes the form of a hybrid event within the Reykjavík Arts Festival, conceived as a space where clubbing, visual arts and new modes of listening converge. The exhibition will see Björk and artist James Merry take over the entire museum space during the Reykjavik Arts Festival, opening on 30 May 2026. The works promise to offer audiences a rare chance to engage up close with pieces of remarkable visual, sonic and emotional complexity.

Already in 2025 the Icelandic artist had hinted at work on the follow-up to "Fossora", linking the first previews to the promotion of "Echolalia" itself. The initiative includes two installations based on "Ancestress" and "Sorrowful Soil", reworked for the exhibition setting and tied to the memory of her late mother. Alongside these is a third, previously unheard track, presented in a non-definitive version and destined for the next album, due out in 2027.

The project is rounded off with an outdoor event staged in collaboration with the National Gallery of Iceland: a daytime rave built around a solar eclipse. On August 12th, in Víðistaðatún park in Hafnarfjörður, Björk will be on the decks alongside Arca, Sideproject and Ronja Jóhannsdóttir. The set will follow the astronomical event, which involves around two hours of dimmed light and a brief moment of totality.

In recent years the artist has alternated between live activity and multimedia production, touring shows like "Cornucopia", later also released as a concert film. September will see her appear in Rome for the Dissonanze festival, in DJ-set format. Around the same time, earlier this year she publicly voiced her support for Greenland's independence.

"Fossora", the Icelandic artist's latest studio work, received a nomination at the 2023 Grammys and spawned singles accompanied by music videos such as "Atopos", "Sorrowful Soil" and "Ancestress".

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