Fréttir

June 17, 1944, the greatest minds in Iceland convened on the banks of "Lake Þingvallavatn to declare independence. From this day on, this nation should be a sovereign state, free from the tyranny of its Danish masters. June 13, 2008, mere days before the nation celebrated 64 years of independence, two great minds met on the banks of Lake Þingvallavatn to discuss their own declaration of independence and how to free this nation from the tyranny of its aluminium masters."

This interview was conducted shortly before the Náttúra concert. Andri Magnason and Björk discuss the events of the moment:

"ThE GRAPEVINE: First, tell me a little about how this is all connected: the concert, Andri’s book release and his upcoming film  release. Is there more? How did this come together?

BjöRk: It was really just a coincidence. But with this, like so much  else that has to do with this issue, people are very upset. I’ve never  been a part of anything like this before, and I never really thought  I would. But there is just so much at stake here. After I played the  Hætta! concert, [a festival against the destruction of Icelandic nature in January 2006] I decided to pull back a bit. My experience is  that it I should not be doing a hundred things at the same time, but  rather just focus on doing three things and take them all the way.  Also, I thought I would just do more good that way. But now, there  was little slump, so I decided to just raise as much hell as possible.  There were still people around who hadn’t given up entirely, and I  started talking to them, and that’s when I met Andri. His book was  just about to be released in English translation"

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