Rick O’Shea has already mentioned it, but I heard about this on the radio during the week and for some reason, I really want to do it. In fact, I’ve already signed up for it! Don’t know if it’s because there’s some unawakened exhibitionist in me or whether it’s because I want to be part of something big like this. It might be both.
It did cross my mind for a moment that my less than perfect body (only just less though, by a very small margin) would not be something I’d be willing to show off to others, but then I realised that it is a sad fact of life that those who are most willing to get their kit off for this kind of thing are older people. People whose bodies have felt the effects of gravity and whose inhibitions have gone out the door. Compared to them, my young sprightly body will look fantastic, so it could end up being a great ego boost!
Anyway, for those not in the know -
” Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Spencer Tunick will be offering the public the chance of a lifetime to become part of his first back to back city art project in both Cork and Dublin this June. Multiple groups of nude participants will be photographed outdoors by Tunick as part of his series of installations that have previously taken place in cities around the world including New York, Amsterdam and Mexico City.
Cork: 17th June 2008
Dublin Docklands: 21st June 2008 ”
artnet.com says “ Artist Spencer Tunick has been documenting the live nude figure in public, with photography and video, since 1992. Since 1994 he has organized over 75 temporary site-specific installations in the United States and abroad. Tunick’s installations encompass dozens, hundreds or thousands of volunteers; and his photographs are records of these events. The individuals en masse, without their clothing, grouped together metamorphose into a new shape. The bodies extend into and upon the landscape like a substance. These grouped masses which do not underscore sexuality become abstractions that challenge or reconfigure one’s views of nudity and privacy. The work also refers to the complex issue of presenting art in permanent or temporary public spaces.“
You must register to take part at http://www.spencertunickireland.ie/
It has just occurred to me however that it could prove embarassing should, for whatever reason, the guy downstairs happen to stand to attention. *cringe*
2 responses so far ↓
Rosie // April 28, 2008 at 21:24 |
i’m tempted to sign up for it too, the Dublin one. there seem to be quite a few bloggers thinking about it! i really hope i don’t run into any of them. that would be mortifying.
ae85 // April 28, 2008 at 21:26 |
Yeah, i want to do it, but don’t really want many of my friends doing – awkward! My mother tried to freak me out yesterday by saying my dad wants to do it too, but I didn’t believe her. At least…I hope she was joking. *shudder*