You should feel the exhibition just as much as you should understand it,” says Kasper Stouenborg, CEO of Stouenborg and project manager for the exhibition. They wanted to create a very strong impression. “From the very beginning the design team had some ambitious aims regarding the sound and the impact the exhibition should have on the visitor. She turned to consultancy and integration firm Stouenborg. Past and present, abstract and real, fact and fiction are intertwined.Ī network of rooms in the basement of the modern Black Diamond extension to the Royal Danish Library were turned over to tell this story, with immersive soundscapes written by Cave specifically for the exhibition and recorded by him and collaborator Warren Ellis.Īfter getting Cave on board with the project, exhibition designer and developer Christina Back realised she needed to bring in technical expertise, particularly on the audio side, to create the exhibition she imagined. It brings together artefacts and curios collected throughout his extraordinary life, conveys his emotional states through different time periods and events, and includes new content created by Cave specifically for this setting. Visitors are treated to a journey directly from Cave’s consciousness. Anna Mitchell finds out from integrator Stouenborg why AV technology was critical in bringing the story to life.Įxhibitions on icons aren’t unique, but it’s rare that the star of a show gets involved to the level Nick Cave has in helping to create Stranger than Kindness, a Gucci sponsored exhibition at The Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. Visitors can immerse themselves in the cultural icon’s real and imagined universes by roaming through the contents of his mind: artwork, handwritten lyrics, literature, photography, videos, and more.The life of Nick Cave is told in an exhibition that is a piece of art in its own right. Spread across eight rooms, the exhibition will hold over 300 pieces, including items from Cave’s personal collection, as well as large scale installations and original atmospheric soundscapes composed by Cave and Ellis. Concurrent with the release, a Gucci-backed exhibition, Stranger than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition, will open at the Black Diamond gallery in Copenhagen, running from June 8 to February 13, 2021.
More of Cave’s meditations will be revealed in his upcoming autobiography, Stranger than Kindness, released in March 2020. There is a vastness to grief that overwhelms our minuscule selves.” After the death of his son, Arthur, in 2015, Cave engaged with fans through a public newsletter on the chasms of loss, writing to one recently bereaved woman, “Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable. The emotional intensity of Cave’s songs, felt through the dark poeticism of the lyrics and powerfully sung vocals, evokes a visceral connection to his audience.
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