NEW YORK – NICK CAVE: “THE LET GO” AT PARK AVENUE ARMORY THROUGH JULY 1ST, 2018
Monday, June 11th, 2018
Nick Cave, The Let Go (2018), all images via Greem Jellyfish for Art Observed
“Back in the day the club was my safe place-and losing myself on the dance floor has always kept me centered.”
The Let Go is artist Nick Cave’s new work at Park Avenue Armory, a multi-sensory performance using visual works, sounds, and movement to transform the Armory into a dance-based town hall aimed at bringing together visitors, performers, DJs, dancers and community members to participate in a collective act of catharsis. The audience is asked to let go of frustration and negativity, and to uplift one another as they participate in this powerful socially-engaged piece. Stringing together a series of interrelated works, The Let Go is bounded by the installation Chase, and where a performance titled The Up Right, featuring one of Cave’s signature Sound Suits, is activated by a jazz keyboardist, choir and opera singer. Concluding the performance, the “town hall” becomes a dance hall, complete with DJ. (more…)