Dare I bare. (Naked art thingy) [merged]

I'm surprised by how close the press coverage got to the shoot.

I thought the idea behind Spencer Tunick's installations is that bodies en masse create art and symbolise the relationships between the individual and humanity/ society on a larger scale?


The email says that press coverage is at a safe distance to the shoot but
I've seen photos and emails where people are easily identifiable.


I believe some of the late night radio phone ins were even ridiculing individual participants appearance which really goes against the whole concept, it's not a modeling competition.

I am really interested in taking part in the Dublin shoot but am put off at the thought of emails of my big arse circulating round the internet.

Has the press coverage put anybody off the idea??

longshanks wrote: »

fuuck the begrudgers i say. you'll regret it if you dont do it, and it'll be old news in a couple of weeks anyway

yeah
will have to work up the courage, there's so many reasons I want to do this.

I imagine it would be a once in a life time opportunity, and it's summer solstice,

Also my dad's family are all from south inner city docklands area from way back so that appeals to me too, being naked as the day I was born in this part of Dublin.........hhmmmmmmmmm decisions!


i'm not at all worried about the people there cos I reckon they're all like minded anyway, it's just the thought of people who didn't take part having a snigger that worries me................

HouseHippo wrote: »

Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Spencer Tunick wants naked volunteers to become part of his first back to back city art project in Dublin .
Dublin Docklands on Saturday, June 21.


Should i suck it up and give it a go.

Go for it man, you'll regret not doing it

i have no idea about slips of paper for a shoot tonight, if they were giving them out they missed me. it was the coldest i've ever been, too much waiting around considering the weather (he reckoned he'd have the shots taken care of in 20 mins, it was about 50 mins or an hour a couple of girls were telling me). a good laugh though, even with the cold, 2500 people shivering, turning blue and praying for it to be over. but it was mad, you'd find yourself chatting away to complete strangers, naked, kind of looking each other up and down, but not really, and not at all self concious. i ****ed off before the shot in the mud. about half left early due the rain and cold. i couldn't feel my feet for about an hour after it. the people on the passing ferries and freight ships mustn't have had a clue what was going on

honestly, all that was going true my mind after the first one was 'how am i going to drive home if i cant feel my feet?' i wanted to be out of dublin before traffic got real heavy, so chances of me standing around for another hour in water up to my knees was a non-starter. did i mention the cold?

oh the shrinkage was wild alright... acorns everywhere! my balls kept going inside for shelter and i had to keep popping them out!

Lol Mairt.