Overview
- Björk curated and performed an hour-long set at Echolalia, a one-day festival held at the Víðistaðatún sculpture park outside Reykjavík that was timed to overlap the solar eclipse.
- The program included DJ sets and performances by Arca, 33EMYBW, Loscaballos and Icelandic artists such as Ronja Jóhannsdóttir and Sideproject, with roughly 7,000 people reported in attendance though that figure has limited independent corroboration.
- Photographs and video published on August 13 show Björk wearing a custom Robert Wun white balloon gown while sipping wine onstage and mixing tracks that included works by Rosalía, Kelela, and Marina Herlop.
- Accounts differ on the eclipse moment: one report measured totality during her set at one minute and four seconds while another described about seven minutes of darkness and says music paused as attendees chanted “Free, free Palestine” and one audience member proposed.
- Echolalia connected to wider cultural programming in Reykjavík, marking Smekkleysa’s 40th anniversary and dovetailing with Björk’s Echolalia exhibition at the National Gallery of Iceland, which remains open through September 19 and references both her 2022 work and an unannounced forthcoming album.