Ever outspoken, Bjork talks sexism in the music and film industries in a new interview. At the launch of her exhibition Bjork Digital, the artist expressed that she believes both the film and music industries to have issues with sexism and equality between genders. She also counts herself as having been very fortunate.
“The fact that I’m a woman and I can do what I do, its kind of unique, really. I’ve been really lucky,” she said to NME. “What’s really macho, for example, is music journalism. It’s really like a boys’ club. They like music that is… well, a lot of it is for boys.”
She further described how working on the film Dancer in the Dark, released in 2000, was disheartening for her. The film was directed by Lars Von Tier, and in it Bjork played the part of a woman who was going blind. Her turn in the film won her Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
“I can’t believe what it’s like for actresses,” she further said to the publication. “It’s just a nightmare how they’re treated. They have so little say in their career or roles they play as they get older. Guys can get older, but not women.”
Her new exhibition Bjork Digital is slated to open at a Sydney gallery called Carriageworks and will run June 3-18. The inspiration for the new album was drawn from a break-up between Bjork and her 13-year-old daughter’s father, artist Matthew Barney.
In other Bjork news, the artist called for a protest against the government in Iceland building power lines through the highlands. According to press releases, the protest lasted for 11 consecutive days and its aim was to prevent damage to the environment in Iceland, using the resources to instead create a national park.
