Portraits by Arthur Cooke

Series Archive is the multidisciplinary art project of Nicole Cooke. Centering handmade clothing as the medium in performance works that Cooke writes, directs and often acts in, the clothing objects made have tactile and/or conceptual function within the performances they belong to.

In 2018, the project was best synthesized by the introduction of the Sewnata Machine, a Singer sewing machine converted into a musical instrument, which continues to be the focus of all current works.

Series Archive first began in 2015 and is intended to grow over the course of the artist’s lifetime. Pictured is the nearly 12-year-old, 5-inch binder, which serves as the living catalogue and microcosm of the speculative scope of the entire project. 

Portraits by Arthur Cooke