Just thought I'd share this video with you. I read about this artist, Nick Cave - no not him!, a few weeks ago and was intrigued by his work. He creates soundsuits - literally suits that make sounds as you move in them. They're a cross between sculpture, costume and composition and I like them very much!
I was just watching some Nick Cave youtube clips with my visual artist friend Kate Temple. Kate will be designing my Imaginate show, Ditto and so we had a look at these to see if there was any interest for us. Kate was also intrigued by the costume design from the Theatergroep Max show Toneel (see url below from the Tweetakt festival post). So it looks like my musicians may all be wearing costumes that are a combination of shellsuits and twigs in Ditto. You have been warned!
I'm also busy working on a short composition to be performed at this year's Imaginate festival. I'm composing a short piece to be sung by myself and Katy Barry (also a Ditto collaborator). The piece is based on people's favourite words. So far I have included "anmut" which is German for to have grace, "textballonetje" which is Dutch for a wee speech bubble and miaow which is, well the noise a cat makes! Kate Temple is also designing this piece for me. It is to be performed in one of the booths in the Traverse bar on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th May. I think it's going to be an exploration of oddness and I'm quite happy about it not necessarily "making sense" to the audience. So there!
