Ms. Davey in a Soundsuit?!

Ms. Davey + Soundsuit = AWESOME!

That's right.... yours truly had the chance to dance around in a Nick Cave original Soundsuit! In mid march, I donned a soundsuit, mask and wig and shimmied through the halls of LPK design firm in downtown Cincinnati. The suits were made of colored straw, pom-pom-like material, and dyed hair.... crazy!

The soundsuit performances are intended to be an "invasion"... bringing art directly to people, interrupting their space and forcing you to sit up and take notice! With that in mind, we carried a CD player playing funky tunes and ran/danced through 6 floors of employees! Unsuspecting designers were taken by surprise as we swarmed the offices! We bombarded boardrooms, enveloped elevators and crowded cubicles.

Check out the video of our invasion, produced by LPK

see if you can spot me!!

The suits were hot- running, jumping and dancing didn't help! All of the volunteers agreed it was fun to take on a new identity for an hour, hidden behind a mask, dancing like a maniac! Don't forget to

check out the full exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum until the end of April!!

Nick Cave Soundsuits are in Cincinnati!

"What is a Soundsuit?" I'm so glad you asked! A "Soundsuit" is wearable art, sculptures that come to life when worn, created by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave. They were dubbed "Soundsuits" because of the noise they make when they dance and move. The Cincinnati Art Museum is currently playing host to the exhibit Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth. Nick Cave is a fashion designer, visual artist, and performance artist all wrapped into one.

"Cave combines aspects of sculpture, fashion design, dance and video art in his larger than life ‘Soundsuits’. These full body, form fitting ‘suits’ are layered and textured with metal, plastic, found objects, and colorfully dyed human hair designed to rattle, swish, and resonate in rhythm with the movements of the wearer, usually Cave himself."

From The Cincinnati Art Museum

The exhibit will be at The Cincinnati Art Museum until April 29th, 2012... You do NOT want to miss this one!! The museum is open Tuesday- Sunday, 11-5. Admission is FREE! (parking is $4 for non-members).

Catch the Soundsuits in action at one of their scheduled performances or interactive "invasions"!

Nick Cave Soundsuit Dance Performances

Friday, March 30, 2012, 7 p.m. – Art After Dark at the Cincinnati Art Museum

Saturday, April 7, 2012, 2:30 p.m. – Family First Saturday at the Cincinnati Art Museum

Friday, April 20, 2012, 12 noon – Fountain Square

Nick Cave Soundsuit Invasions

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 11:30 a.m. – ArtsWave Sampler Weekend at the Taft Museum of Art

Thursday, April 5, 2012 – Reds Opening Day Parade

I caught them at Findlay Market!!

taken by Ms. Davey!