Nick Cave Interview: The World is My Skin

Have you ever wished that you could put on a suit which would open up the imagination and take you to the world of your dreams? In this video artist Nick Cave presents his wearable sculptures, the 'Soundsuits', made from discarded everyday materials.
Nick Cave (b. 1959) is an American fabric sculptor and performance artist, who trained as a dancer with Alvin Ailey. In this video he presents his mystical Soundsuits, which are odd fabric sculptures of many colors and shapes, and are made of materials such as twigs, dyed human hair, sisal, plastic buttons, beads, sequins and feathers. The finished pieces bear some resemblance to African ceremonial costumes and masks. "It is like building a second skin, that hides gender, race, class, and forces you to look without judgement" Cave explains. The sculptures almost look like live beings and work as a kind of second skin, transforming the wearer, disguising identity, and creating sounds as the wearer moves. "I want people to leave with a different sort of consciousness, to look at their surroundings differently, and I want to get the audience back to their dream state."
Nick Cave was interviewed by Jonas Hjorth at the opening of Nick Cave's exhibition 'The World is my Skin' at Trapholt, Kolding in Denmark.
The video sequences shown in this video are from Nick Cave's 'Gestalt' and 'Soundsuits'
Camera and editing: Jonas Hjort
Music: Modern Brass Quintet & Thunderbear
Produced by Jonas Hjort and Christian Lund, 2013
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Supported by Nordea-fonden

[@schreibwild]

His work is absolutely breathtaking beautiful and fascinating!

[@erflingnot]

I think this man is my brother…. I am an artist and sound has always been an element… I choose no medium to hold me back…. Brother we can crawl inside each other‘s skin! .….. thank you from Dallas.(LSU the art department? :- | |… I can only imagine the sound all of those buttons make and the weight of the skin on the skin….. oh brother

[@appalachiacats1097]

Love this!

[@LizzyMurli]

Reminds me of the ancient african masks, in which they dance the ancient mythological history. Like it !

[@7swordmary567]

SUCH captivating Architectural Sculpture !

[@suchahuman2714]

they are beautiful! wonderful job!

[@nathalieleperron9809]

Petit Docs qui mon l'air vraiment très intéressant et qui me feras pratique mon anglais .... puisque le sous-titrage français y est désespérément absent 🙁

[@noahmontgomery1188]

Watching this video with not art knowledge and context seems like pure nonsense but when have a context in art and their terminology It immediately clicks.

[@erflingnot]

This resonates for me no pun intended…

[@lloplop]

[@ASHMUSICBOX]

mm makes me wonder if the busy peeps have turned into zombies without no fault of there own interesting vid

[@user-tq3os4cp7c]

hi

[@frederickedeh8664]

This is from west African masquerade culture that is still been practiced today. This is work is not 100% original

[@chantellegoldthwaite7105]

no art is original.....it's all built on what came before as with most things.

[@nyrethepoet9852]

He feels Ancestors dancing in his spirit , his artistic spirit.

[@erflingnot]

Ding ding ding… there is no original art we borrow from each other and from history and from experience and culture…. Sadly you are looking for something that doesn’t exist…. Something new under the sun

[@Austria88586]

Neither is his woke spin on it