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01 Aug 2015, 1:26 pm
Nick Cave is so great, you can't have just one! I found another and he is in Shreveport, Louisiana at the moment!
http://www.ktbs.com/story/29672880/worl ... shreveport
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Cave is known for his elaborate, symbolic Sound Suits that are made to hide the human and expose the inner message of social consciousness. His work is rooted in Civic Responsibility – beginning with his first Sound Suit that communicated his distress over the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles in 1991. Since then, he has created more than 300 distinctly different Sound Suits, each conveying a message through the elaborate intertwining of – mostly – found objects from thrift stores and road-side collecting.
So why is Nick Cave coming to Shreveport? He has a “message” to share: Nick Cave wants this community to hear the voices of Shreveport Common - the important residents, many who live in the care of Social Service Organizations message - Providence House, Mercy Center, VOA McAdoo and the Youth Programs at the VOA Lighthouse – along with the voices of the Artists who are imagining and creating this 9-block UNcommon Cultural development. Shreveport Common is founded on the principles of Authenticity, Creativity, Sustainability and Community – not planned as an Arts District, but a community of people who embrace creativity and individuality and seek to “stumble upon the fun.”
Cave will first “blanket” Shreveport with elaborately beaded, woven, constructed blankets that symbolize the “hidden stories” of those who are not heard in our community. Then, in the Production, the community will “UNcover” the stories of the people who have been “UNseen” before now through theatre, dance, art, music, film, and sound installations in a Performative Production at the Municipal Auditorium on Sunday, November 15.
Local artists selected by Nick Cave to partner with him during this “Artists Residency” include Shreveport Regional Arts Council Fellowship Recipients Robert Trudeau – working with the Providence House to make beaded blankets and Raffia costumes, Luther Cox, Jr. the Production Choreographer, and Poetic X – Spoken Word Artist who was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts as Poet of the Month, April, 2011. Additionally, Karen LeBeau is selected to partner with Cave and the VOA McAdoo, Jerry Davenport will lead the residency and making of blankets, spirit sticks and armature embellishments with the teens at the VOA Lighthouse, and Kathryn Usher will lead the making of 15 symbolic blankets representing the stories of the residents of Mercy Center, a program of the Philadelphia Center. The Production Director is Josh Porter of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council; Programmer is Nadine Charity, and Neighborhood Coordinator is Esther Kennedy, Shreveport Common Project Administrator.
So why is Nick Cave coming to Shreveport? He has a “message” to share: Nick Cave wants this community to hear the voices of Shreveport Common - the important residents, many who live in the care of Social Service Organizations message - Providence House, Mercy Center, VOA McAdoo and the Youth Programs at the VOA Lighthouse – along with the voices of the Artists who are imagining and creating this 9-block UNcommon Cultural development. Shreveport Common is founded on the principles of Authenticity, Creativity, Sustainability and Community – not planned as an Arts District, but a community of people who embrace creativity and individuality and seek to “stumble upon the fun.”
Cave will first “blanket” Shreveport with elaborately beaded, woven, constructed blankets that symbolize the “hidden stories” of those who are not heard in our community. Then, in the Production, the community will “UNcover” the stories of the people who have been “UNseen” before now through theatre, dance, art, music, film, and sound installations in a Performative Production at the Municipal Auditorium on Sunday, November 15.
Local artists selected by Nick Cave to partner with him during this “Artists Residency” include Shreveport Regional Arts Council Fellowship Recipients Robert Trudeau – working with the Providence House to make beaded blankets and Raffia costumes, Luther Cox, Jr. the Production Choreographer, and Poetic X – Spoken Word Artist who was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts as Poet of the Month, April, 2011. Additionally, Karen LeBeau is selected to partner with Cave and the VOA McAdoo, Jerry Davenport will lead the residency and making of blankets, spirit sticks and armature embellishments with the teens at the VOA Lighthouse, and Kathryn Usher will lead the making of 15 symbolic blankets representing the stories of the residents of Mercy Center, a program of the Philadelphia Center. The Production Director is Josh Porter of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council; Programmer is Nadine Charity, and Neighborhood Coordinator is Esther Kennedy, Shreveport Common Project Administrator.
Pretty neat.
A true testimony to creativity, his art spaces tantalize the senses with displays of color, living sculpture, movement and sound.
