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Nick Cave Drop

Discipline
Performing Arts
Medium
Theater/Performance Art
Subject

Body

Environment
State
Illinois
Year
2002
Status
Completed

Description

Drop is a performance parade involving dancers, musicians, a video artist and Cave’s original sculpted Soundsuits. Part of an ongoing project with suits made from found materials that rattle and resonate with expressive body movement, Drop investigates the nature of aggressive behavior in contemporary society. Cave’s project includes residencies with Chicago public school students, exhibitions at the American Craft Museum, the Lincoln Park Zoo and other venues.

Nick Cave

Nick Cave is a Chicago-based installation and performance artist. His work has been exhibited and presented at New York’s American Craft Museum; Maca…
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Project Updates

2010: Cave premieres elements of Drop in Soundsuit Pop-Up Shop, a video installation of Soundsuits in performance, in a temporary Chicago storefront
2010: Soundsuits related to Drop are featured in the September issue of Vogue magazine
2003: Cave’s Soundsuits from Drop are exhibited at the Hand Workshop Art Center
2004: Iterations of Drop are exhibited in group show at Courthouse Galleries in Portsmouth, VA
2005: Iterations of Drop are exhibited in group show at the Palace of the Legion on Honor in San Francisco
2006: Cave’s Soundsuits from Drop are featured in the Factory Installed exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center