Björk's partner, renowned artist Matthew Barney, offered the Encyclopedia Pictura team use of his personal studio in New York during the two-week shooting period of the nine-month process. Björk arrived on set to film for two days to shoot her scenes before leaving the team to their work. She stands here, in costume, awaiting direction. The "Pain Body" connected to her in the video, an acrobat with a prosthetic head, will be added in separately. "She gave us 100 percent creative control," Saxon said of Björk.

Photo: Bryan Derballa