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Björk has opened a major new exhibition at the National Gallery of Iceland
The exhibition brings together three large-scale audiovisual installations.
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Björk's 'Notget' moves through the aftermath of love's dissolution with a philosopher's precision. The song refuses the comfort of forgetting; instead it holds the wound open, arguing that pain is the pathway to healing. Where others might sing of moving on, Björk insists on the necessity of staying present with loss, on the refusal to excise the person or the relationship from her own becoming. The architecture is built on paradox. Love kept her safe from death; without it, she feels the abyss. Yet she will not regret the love, because regret would mean denying her soul its chance to grow. The chorus pivots on a neologism, "notget", which captures something English can't quite say in a single word: the active choice not to forget, the commitment to remembering as an act of care. By the final verses, the beloved's spirit has entered her; they become mutual guardians, still bound, still protective, still keeping each other safe from death through the memory of what they were.
"Notget" is a track by Björk, released 20th January 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Björk.
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