Nick Cave, is a multi-talented artist who dabbles with textiles that make a ruckus. Soundsuits, born at the collision of twigs and a sewing machine are ornate costumes made of materials ranging from human hair, sisal, plastic buttons, feathers and sequins that bring to life a new sound when shakin’ and groovin’ is added to the mix. To be worn or gawked at in a gallery, these music makers are suh-weet. You can check them out in person, at the “Meet Me at the Center of the Earth” exhibit at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, now until May 30th.

Guess what y’all? Besides being fieldworkers in this cultural hub-pot, we have the pleasure of working alongside the cream of the creative crop. Evan Owen Dennis, a creative director at Shilo and contributor to this WMIG ship, just dropped his latest music video for The Antlers’s ”Bear” song, found on the band’s critically acclaimed “Hospice” album from Frenchkiss Records. If you haven’t seen the video already, we have it here with some special behind-the-scene photos from the director himself. The picture is a beautiful sullen stroll into the wilderness, as the viewer uncovers the layers of this opaque musical piece. Make the jump for the moving and still visuals, and take it all in!

The San Diego Ad Club asked Shilo and WMIG to create a campaign to recruit fellow creatives to enter the 2010 ADDY competition. The ADDYs are the advertising industry’s biggest showdown and a place for trade peers to bum-rush for the title of brilliance in a Creative Director pile up. But since the event is never set in the American Gladiator arena (as one would hope), imagine a little less spandex and more a display of creative prowess.

Now on display are three portraits of tortured “creatives” in a behind-the-scenes look of self mutilation for the sake of their artistic endeavors. Cause let’s be real, sometimes we take ourselves way too seriously. We pay homage to the real tortured artists Van Gogh, Steven Sagmeister and Chris Burden and we inspire agencies to get the recognition they deserve for all of their hard work. So please, direct yourself to the Television section of our webby page and take a peek of the “Don’t Torture Yourself For Nothing” campaign.

Be sure to check out the latest from Shilo and their friends at GlobalHue Latino. An exploration in live-action, claymation, and imagination, this broadcast spot serves as an invitation for the Latino community to partake in the 2010 Census by using quirky characters and clay as a metaphor for building a dream community. If the Census is this fun then count us in! Make the jump for some behind the scenes action.

Gilles et Dada is a philosophical conundrum, trapped in a pandora’s box, wrapped with pretty knits and fancy silks. The doctrine of this nonsense art fashion house is a bit of a riddle for all the non-sophisticated Finnish kids, but the look book for the Walking Through Light collection might paint a better picture of this mantra stumper. Make the jump for transcendental looks.

How does this picture recipe sound? One cup of Jungle cat, a sprinkle of kama sutra, a dash of Hinduistic spirituality, a quick stir around and BOOM! You’ve got a Kelsey Brookes medley of art-cum-bestiality. These colorful paintings are like bits of skittles, laced with PCP, exploding out of a half-mortal/ half-feline, after an intense session of Bikram yoga. We can’t guess what the metaphorical meaning of this banshee art could imply, but the shit looks cool. Make the jump for more of Brookes’ mystical stuff.

Alexandros Vasmoulakis’s reason for being is to communicate (so he states on his website) and communicate he does, with elaborate doe-eyed behemoth beings gracing the buildings in Greece. The size and scope of these pieces are spectacular and speak in epic visual proportions. For examples of his grandiose lessons in conveying a perceptual message, click “read on” for more.

Time-traveling is no joke, neither is art. So, if you could meld the two together, it might turn out something like P.S.1 MoMA’s 1969. From across the East River, the contemporary art center is currently presenting a collection of never-before-seen works from the likes of Lutz Mommartz, Robert Barry, Mel Bochner and John Wesley. As well as, interventions by the new kids of this generation whose work reflects this particular period in history. For your nostalgic review, the large exhibition will break down the year of 1969 through the many dialects of art, up until April 5th of next year.

Stephen Wiltshire is the current blower of fine art minds at the Pratt Institute and pretty much everyone else in existence. With a quick fly-by via helicopter for a view of New York’s skyline, Mr. Wiltshire is recreating the cityscape from memory on a 20-foot panoramic mural. Born with autism and limited communicative skills, his amazing photographic memory and knack for drawing shows a tremendous insight on the capabilities of the human mind. Catch him create his masterpiece in person at the Pratt Institute or via web cam, before this week ends.

Yup, there’s a table and a chair in that cluster mix. Nope, this isn’t a picture someone decided to scribble over. This is actually a sampling of Chiharu Shiota’s weave-a-rific installation art. Like a giant arachnid left to it’s own devices, Shiota’s work is incredible in shape and form, consuming an open space and everything within it. Just don’t try to get that pen out of the drawer.