Björk Webeo - Björk Webeo

What this video is

Released September 1, 2000, on MTV.com as a promotional vehicle for Björk's Selmasongs soundtrack (released September 18, 2000), tied to Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or-winning film Dancer in the Dark. The song 'I've Seen It All' — co-written by Björk, Sjón, and von Trier — was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The webeo format was an early experiment in browser-based interactive music video, a…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact in the history of interactive music video and web-native audiovisual art. The webeo format anticipated later interactive video platforms by nearly a decade. As a linear archive capture, it also documents Sigismondi's painterly, near-static aesthetic applied to the digital…

The director

Italian-Canadian director, photographer, and artist (born 1965, Pescara, Italy; raised Hamilton, Ontario). Studied painting and illustration then photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Transitioned from fashion photography to music video…