Björk: Biophilia Live

Village Voice by

The visual tricks lose their potency before the halfway mark, leaving the energy of Biophilia Live to rise and fall with the music.

Slant Magazine by Eric Henderson

You can't help but be impressed by how much it represents a natural, even defensive evolutionary step on its creator's part.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Bjork’s charm has always hinged on her ability to be guileless and unknowable at once; “Biophilia Live” is no exception.

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

As skillful an orchestrator as Björk is, her crescendos and tightly designed wilderness can lose their strength with repetition. But she and her collaborators do make a pretty singing picture with their chosen audiovisual tool set.

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

For all their layered complexity, the songs can slip into a musical and rhetorical sameness. But the concert's aesthetic power is undeniable. The swirl of sound and motion burns with a bright intensity, not unlike like the onstage Tesla coils that have been reconfigured as instruments.

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

Strickland and Fenton bring an extra layer of visual invention, smartly expanding on the show's pre-existing video elements and adding their own bespoke cinematic touches.