Submit your item for Nick Cave’s “The Museum of Important Shit”

To coincide with the release of his upcoming semi-autobiographical documentary 20,000 Days on Earth (see the trailer here), Nick Cave, created in collaboration with filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, presents “The Museum of Important Shit,” a virtual Museum that catalogues the things that remind us of those transformative moments that make us who we are, and unlocks the stories connected to them.

“We were shooting the film and Nick told us this spine-tingling story. Nina Simone had been a nightmare backstage at one of her final gigs. But when she walked on and sat down, she took the gum from her mouth and stuck it on the piano, and… transformed. It was one of those rare moments. Nick felt the gears of his heart change. We’ve all had experiences like this,” said Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

“A few weeks later, we’re shooting another scene. Nick is asking bandmate Warren Ellis if he remembers that Nina Simone gig. Warren interrupts: ‘I have that gum’ he says. And he really does. A pathetic looking dirty piece of gum, wrapped in a towel. As Nick says in the film, ‘It’s shit, but it’s important shit.’ And that’s what this Museum is all about. We might not all have the masticated detritus of a jazz legend tucked away, but we all accumulate objects that have little financial value, but they hold the stories of the things that make us who we are. The Museum will unlock these transformative moments that define our very being. We urge you to share them with us, with the Museum, with the world.” Click here to submit

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