Sound Suits
From Hillary Frank
| 00:05:33
Producers: Hillary Frank
Chicago artist Nick Cave creates full body suits out of objects that make noise when they move -- things like sticks, bells, and garbage bag ties. He calls these garments Sound Suits and he puts on performances in which he and all sorts of "non-artists" dance in the suits. Cave considers the Sound Suits a second layer of skin -- and as an African-American man, his work often deals with themes of skin and race. Hillary Frank visits Nick Cave in his studio.
This story first aired on Studio 360.
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story: 4:54
(+ :38 host intro -- can be cut)
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Additional Information
- Produced: Jun 08, 2002
- Added to PRX: Dec 09, 2003
- This piece is in English
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Posted on December 11, 2003 at 01:46 PM | Permalink
Review of Sound Suits
Nick Cave is an interesting artist/designer/ dancer. Frank does a good job of describing him, and gives us a clue as to what at least some of his suits look like. The tape of various suits in motion is wonderful, and he's fun to listen to. Good piece to drop in any time of year for a change-up from hard news, or include in programming on artists, african-americans, performance art. sl