Björk premiered her elaborate multimedia concert Cornucopia at The Shed in New York City on October 18, 2019.
On October 18, 2019, Björk premiered Cornucopia, an elaborate multimedia concert production, at The Shed, a newly opened arts venue in Manhattan's Hudson Yards. Described by critics as her most technologically and visually ambitious stage production to date, the show combined live orchestral and electronic music, custom-built instruments, elaborate stage design, video projection, and environmentally themed visual storytelling.
The production incorporated a specially commissioned flute septet, an Icelandic vocal collective, and cutting-edge stage technology, including a reactive LED screen and choreographed lighting design that responded to the music in real time. Thematically, Cornucopia continued Björk's long-standing engagement with environmentalism and climate change, following the ecological concerns present in Biophilia nearly a decade earlier.
The premiere marked a significant moment in the evolution of the pop concert as an art form, blurring the boundaries between concert, opera, and immersive theatrical installation. Critics praised the production's ambition and technical sophistication, and the show subsequently toured internationally to acclaim in cities including London, Los Angeles, and Mexico City.
The choice of The Shed, itself a landmark new institution for interdisciplinary art, to host the premiere reflected Björk's continuing status as an artist operating at the frontier of where music, technology, and visual art intersect, decades into her career.