SOUNDSUIT by NICK CAVE

Nick Cave is an artist, educator and foremost a messenger, working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including sculpture, installation, video, sound and performance. He says of himself, "I have found my middle and now am working toward what I am leaving behind."

Cave is well known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms based on the scale of his body. Soundsuits camouflage the body, masking and creating a second skin that conceals race, gender, and class, forcing the viewer to look without judgment.

At the beginning, he didn't know it can produce sounds until he put it on.Through the movement, the twigs start to make the sounds and noise.

The selection of extravagant wearable art pieces are informed by the likes of rocket missiles and tree roots

Cave combs flea markets for buttons, stuffed animals and other flotsam to build and assemble the elaborate suits.

The pieces attempt to articulate the spirit of human movement through color, texture and sculpture.