As previously reported, Björk is will undertake a music & multimedia residency at this year’s Manchester International Festival, under the banner of Biophilia.

The three-week residency – comprised of six 1800-capacity shows at Campfield Market Hall – will see the artist give live performances of news songs and introduce companion apps, invented instruments and more. A press release explains the theme of Biophilia:

Where do music, nature and technology meet? Björk introduces Biophilia, an extraordinary answer to this fascinating question and her most ambitious and exciting work to date. A multi-media project encompassing music, apps, internet, installations and live shows, Biophilia celebrates how sound works in nature, exploring the infinite expanse of the universe, from planetary systems to atomic structure. Release dates and further answers will be confirmed shortly. Music and apps will be available via iTunes and the App Store.

Bjork has launched a new website for Biophilia, which features a brief audio clip of her talking about the project.

“For me the project is a continuation of Volta,” she says, referring to her last album. “And whereas Volta is more about anthropology, this is kinda without the humans and…both zooming out, like the planets, but also zooming in, into the atoms, and in that way aesthetically sympathising with sound, and how sound moves, and the physics of sound, and how notes in a room behave, how they bounce off walls and between objects, and it’s kind of more similar to how planets and microscopic things work.”

The Biophilia live show takes place on June 30 and July 3, 7, 10, 13 and 16. It will travel to major cities around the world following the Manchester premiere. More information and tickets here.