Soundsuits After Dark


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KCRW & The Fowler Museum Present
SOUNDSUITS AFTER DARK
Saturday, May 22
Fowler Museum at UCLA and outdoors on the adjacent Wilson Plaza
8pm – 11pm
FREE, ALL-AGES, NO TICKETS NEEDED!

Meet KCRW at the Center of the Earth! 

For one night only, KCRW and the Fowler Museum at UCLA team up to present a free, all-ages night of music, art and dancing on the UCLA campus. The event will include pop-up performances by dancers clad in “Soundsuits,” which are fantastic, costume-like works of art by visionary Chicago-based artist Nick Cave. 

Dance to live DJ sets by KCRW DJs Jason Bentley and Garth Trinidad outdoors on Wilson Plaza; enjoy special after-hours museum access, pop-up poetry readings, art workshops where you can create your own Soundsuit-inspired apparel, cocktails from the Fowler’s amphitheatre and terrace bars, as well as some of L.A.’s most popular food trucks!

This very special evening is part of the grand finale for the Fowler Museum’s 2010 exhibition “Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth” -- the largest presentation of the artist’s Soundsuits -- on display through May 30.

The exhibition features thirty-five 10-foot tall multilayered, mixed-media suits extraordinarily decorated with ordinary items from everyday life, everything from vintage toys and sequins to buttons and pot holders. The materials create unusual sounds when they are worn and performed, hence the name Soundsuits.

Live DJ sets start at 8pm and there will be multiple opportunities to catch the Soundsuits outdoors in action before the night ends at 11pm.

Make your own Soundsuit on the Fowler Museum Terrace - bring your own article of clothing to embellish with pom-poms, sequins, buttons and more - or be one of the first 750 guests and receive socks to decorate courtesy of American Apparel!

This event is free and open to the public.  Bars and food trucks are cash-only.

The Fowler Museum
For more information on The Fowler Museum at UCLA, visit fowler.ucla.edu or call 310-825-4361.
Directions and Parking

Enter UCLA from Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Plaza. Convenient Fowler parking is located at the northeast or southeast ends of Lot 4, where self-service pay stations accept $1 and $5 bills and credit cards. Campus parking is maximum $10.

For more detailed information, please click here.

Alternative Transportation to UCLA
The Fowler is a lovely walk from the UCLA Transit Center at Hilgard and Strathmore Avenues, where several public bus lines stop.  For more detailed information on public transportation options, please click here.
Soundscape Tour

Tour Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth with your eyes and ears, using the Fowler’s Soundscape tour. Pre-download the tour onto your iPod or iPhone here or download this free application to your iPod Touch here. Pick up your map once you get to the Fowler and enjoy!
Contact Us

KCRW Membership: 310-314-4635