This November, Carriageworks and the City of Sydney present three live public performances by American artist Nick Cave, marking the first time the renowned artist has presented a major work in Australia. Presented over two days on Thursday 10 and Saturday 12 November 2016, Nick Cave’s spectacular and seminal work HEARD·SYD – featuring 60 Sydney-based dancers and musicians inhabiting colourful, life-sized horse-suits – will be performed across two locations, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD and twice at Carriageworks.

Set to live music and percussion, HEARD·SYD will disrupt the daily activity of Sydneysiders with an exuberant and surreal explosion of equestrian activity. The dynamic, site-specific performance features 30 life-sized horse suits, constructed from coloured raffia and found materials. Inhabited by two dancers at a time, the sound suits produce a distinctive sound when activated, with 60 Sydney-based dancers and musicians working with Nick Cave to deliver the project.