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Meet Me at the Hammering Man: DIY Nick Cave Soundsuits on Parade Downtown Today

Meet Me at the Hammering Man: DIY Nick Cave Soundsuits on Parade Downtown Today

If you’ve seen fabric sculptor/performance artist/dancer Nick Cave’s otherworldy soundsuits (on display now at the Seattle Art Museum), you’ve probably also imagined what it would feel like to wear a soundsuit of your own. Tomorrow, the public will have the chance to do just that at SAM’s soundsuit parade. Part of the museum’s community night…

DIY Nick Cave 'Soundsuits"

DIY Nick Cave ‘Soundsuits”

Meet Nick Cave at the center of the earth with a Value Village-sourced soundsuit.

If you’ve been to Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, Seattle Art Museum’s show of sculptor/dancer/designer Nick Cave’s stunning “soundsuits” (through 6/5), you know it’s impossible not to be inspired by the artist’s ingeniously crafted costumes. Part of the beauty of the suits is that they’re constructed from everyday materials—in fact, a recent…

Preview: Nick Cave's Soundsuits Fill SAM with Exquisite Color, Craft and Curiosity

Preview: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits Fill SAM with Exquisite Color, Craft and Curiosity

Crocheted potholders, vintage tin tops, stripey wool sweaters, pipe cleaners, sequins, hooked rugs, porcelain birds, god’s eyes, Beanie Babies, synthetic hair, candy wrapper chains, unfurled cassette tapes and a million white pearl buttons. Such are the materials of Nick Cave’s delicious madness, on view starting today at SAM in the stunning exhibit, “Meet Me at…

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