Soundsuit

Nick Cave is an American sculptor, painter, dancer, performance artist, and professor who is best known for his Soundsuit series: wearable assemblage fabric sculptures that are bright, whimsical, and other-worldly, often made with found objects. His work can be found in museums around the world including the New Zealand's Auckland Art Gallery. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and many more.

"Trained as a fiber artist and dancer, Nick Cave named his ongoing series of Soundsuits for the rustling he heard as he moved around in them. He created his first suit in response to the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers in 1991. He imagined his extravagant costume-sculptures to be protective shields that masked a person's identity and scrambled notions of race, class, and gender." - Smithsonian