Nick Cave Discusses Artistic Process at Denver Performance

During a community performance at the Denver Art Museum's Untitled #58 (Getup) on June 28, 2013, artist Nick Cave demonstrated his artistic process for creating his signature Soundsuits. Starting with a basic idea for volume and movement, a series of flowing skirts, sewn together and attached to hula hoops, acquire a personality all their own. Many of Cave's resources are found at thrift stores, and he builds his pieces in a sort of layering process; if he likes the way something moves when worn, he'll continue adding more elements (such as a headdress) to the Soundsuit until he is satisfied with the overall appearance and movement. "I'll just find anything," Cave said. "Just to see what happens when this form that's moving right now starts to have an identity."