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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Venezuelans pose nude before hero
More than 1,500 men and women have stripped naked in the name of art in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
The volunteers posed on a central avenue for New York photographer Spencer Tunick.
Directed by the artist through a loud hailer, they formed a human mosaic in front of a statue of independence hero Simon Bolivar - a national symbol.
Previous shoots have been held in France, the UK, Belgium, Spain and Brazil, as well as in the US.
Venezuelans of all ages gathered on Simon Bolivar Avenue and the stairs in front of the national hero's statue just before dawn.
The American photographer said he had chosen this place - a frequent spot for political rallies - because "it combines beauty and organised chaos".
'New experience'
"There are some people over there with clothes, get them out of there!" he shouted before starting the photo shoot.
For two hours, volunteers were asked to pose in a series of sometimes uncomfortable positions on the pavement.
| quote: | I'm not going to tell my mother about this until I receive the print
Josefa Maria Briceno, volunteer |
"It's a new experience. And beyond the disinhibition of taking off clothes, this also involves art," Jerry Lino, 30, who took part in the event told Reuters agency.
More than 7,800 people had reportedly signed up, but only some 1,500 showed up.
The photographer said that each volunteer would receive a print of the "human installation".
"I'm not going to tell my mother about this until I receive the print. She's going to think I'm crazy," Josefa Maria Briceno, 35, told the Associated Press news agency.
Tunick, 38, has been documenting groups of naked people in public places around the world since 1992.
He carried out his largest photo shoot in June 2003 in Barcelona, when 7,000 volunteers stripped for the camera.
He has been arrested several times while shooting in the United States. |
Source: BBC
Ok, I don't understand what stripping has to do with appreciating art/a hero. Can anyone offer some insight? |
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| St_Andrew |
| I think it looked rather cool, it's different for sure and different art is usually appreciated by many :) |
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| Purple |
| Maybe they undress to give the naked man company. |
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| HardTranceProd |
| What's funny is that the only country that ever gives him problems about this is his own (the US)... Nobody else has any objections. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by HardTranceProd
What's funny is that the only country that ever gives him problems about this is his own (the US)... Nobody else has any objections. |
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| HardTranceProd |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
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What's so hard to understand? He said himself on many occasions, "I'd be arrested in my own country for doing this, so thank God the rest of the world is more relaxed and not like this."
Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada , South/Central America all let him do the photoshoot without any issues. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by HardTranceProd
What's so hard to understand? He said himself on many occasions, "I'd be arrested in my own country for doing this, so thank God the rest of the world is more relaxed and open."
Europe, Japan, Australia, South/Central America all let him do the photoshoot without any issues. |
Oh, I didn't know who the "him" was refering to. :p |
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| OurManFlint |
| quote: | Originally posted by HardTranceProd
What's funny is that the only country that ever gives him problems about this is his own (the US)... Nobody else has any objections. |
Because the US is a Nanny State... |
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| Kapedan |
| quote: | Originally posted by OurManFlint
Because the US is a Nanny State... |
No, because the U.S is the only country that can do something about it. Europe doesnt really give a crap, and they dont have to much power to start off with anyways. |
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| Moongoose |
| Yes but why the need to do something about it? Why not just let him be? |
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| Kapedan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
Yes but why the need to do something about it? Why not just let him be? |
They are, they havent done anything to him. He is just an idiot and should watch what he is saying when he is dealing with a supoerpower country thats all. |
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| OurManFlint |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kapedan
No, because the U.S is the only country that can do something about it. |
So, that gives a country legitimacy to do anything, if they can “do something about it??” That doesn’t make any sense, just because they can do something about it, doesn’t make it right. The Nazis “could” do the horrible things they did, but that doesn’t make it right. Where they hell did you come up with this genius argument?
Like I said, the US is a Nanny State. |
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