Nick Cave at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Posted by YoungCreature / at 5:56 PM / / 2 comments

No, not that Nick Cave. 

Nick Cave, the Chicago based artist and professor (SAIC), has 60 of his "Soundsuits" currently on exhibition in a show entitled "Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 

The Soundsuits (which are titled as such because they are designed to create sounds when the wearer moves) combine found objects, thrift store finds, human hair, sequins, flowers, beads, twigs and countless other handmade elements to create couture installations that aim to transcend notions of sexuality, race, and class while exploring cultural and ritualistic concepts. 

In addition to exhibiting the Soundsuits, Cave has collaborated with choreographer Ronald K. Brown to create a performance fusing the Soundsuits with movement. The collaboration will be performed May 28, 30, and 31 and is free with gallery admission. 





"I believe that the familiar must move towards the fantastic. I want to evoke feelings that are unnamed, that aren’t realized except in dreams."-Nick Cave

As exciting as the Soundsuits are as art objects, they are sure to be even more breathtaking when viewed in person, in motion. I really wish I was in the Bay area to check this out!

If you are there, please go see this and tell us how it was!