From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story
of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. On Thursday 1 July 1999
Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show
in a state of awe Warren Ellis crept onto the stage took Dr Simone's 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. > 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.
