Björk is an artist who has never compromised on her extravagantly avant-garde vision, who does everything on her own terms, who is fearless when it comes to reinventing herself. Even as she’s exposing herself lyrically, somehow she remains an enigmatic presence—intriguing, mesmerizing, and idiosyncratic.
She’s also been an inspiration to queer artists around the globe. Several in Seattle are paying their respects in Human Behaviour: Drag Does Björk at the Timbre Room on September 1. It’s a group of uniquely unconventional queens.
Among the performers is show organizer and conceiver Old Witch, a decades-long Björk fan who says the merging of striking visuals and elaborate costumery with music and performance is so integral to the Björk experience, and so integral to the drag experience, that “it just seemed like a natural melding.”
