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American artist Nick Cave’s live art performance with 30 horses
Sydney will play host to a new kind of an art show -- American artist Nick Cave’s live art performance called Heard.Syd. (AFP)
Updated on: Nov 10, 2016 5:23 PM IST
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Sydney will play host to a new kind of an art show -- American artist Nick Cave’s live art performance called Heard.Syd. (AFP)
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Heard.syd is an exuberant, surreal and explosive performance. (AFP)
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It will feature 30 ‘horses’ who will dance to live percussion beats in suits made from coloured raffia plant fibres. (REUTERS)
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The performance comes to Australia after touring across the US -- hitting Dallas, New York and Detroit. (REUTERS)
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The popular performance is named so for its sound element and its allusion to its herd of horses. (REUTERS)
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The performance will feature 60 dancers dressed in 30 of Cave’s famous soundsuits. (REUTERS)
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These soundsuits have been made in abstract forms to conceal race, gender and class, making the spectator to look without judgment. (AFP)
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These soundsuits are inspired by Tibetan textiles and traditional African ceremony clothes. (AFP)
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Under each suit, two dancers hold and control the puppet with their choreographed movements. (AFP)
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