Bibliograph

Nina Simone's gum, Warren Ellis

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Nina Simone's gum, Warren Ellis

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nina Simone's gum

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Warren Ellis

Summary

In July 1999, Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Caves Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took her piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, growing in significance with every passing year. In 2019, Cave, his collaborator and great friend, asked Warren if there was anything he could contribute to display in his Stranger Than Kindness exhibition. Warren realised the time had come to release the gum. Nina Simone's Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love

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