Naked Bits
Spencer Tunick returning to Sydney. Let’s go.
U.S. artist Spencer Tunick’s next mass nude installation will take place in November at a Sydney beach. ‘We’re hoping for a rainbow of people,’ he says. He is calling for 2,500 people to show up and shed their clothes. This installation was commissioned by the charity Skin Check Champions to raise awareness of skin cancer and coinciding with National Skin Cancer Action Week. It will take place on 26 November at a Sydney beach. It will be the fourth Australian project for Tunick, who attracted global attention for his Sydney Opera House work featuring 5,000 nude Australians as part of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. In 2018, the artist made headlines for battling with supermarket chain Woolworths to shoot his Chapel Street series in Melbourne. The beach Tunick has selected for his next proj...
‘The Beach’ and Antelope Island photoshoot
A photoshoot with model Eric Turner (and an unnamed model) at “The Beach” and Antelope Island by photographer Matthew Richards in 2019.
Happy Naked Hiking Day
This from GreenBelly Meals: Naked Hiking Day is the day when clothes come off and body parts breathe freely. Thru-hikers, weekend backpackers, and day hikers annually unite across the globe for one day to shamelessly hit the trails in their birthday suits. Thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail are the largest participants. Most are on remote trails, away from heavily trafficked areas, and can bare all without much risk of offending anyone or terrifying any small children. It is meant to be fun and nothing more. The day has slowly evolved into somewhat of a summertime ritual and a right of passage for all thru-hikers to partake. It is not for the shy… nor for those that sunburn easily. When is Naked Hiking Day? It is held on Summer Solstice, June 21st. Also kno...
Naked kitchen tacos with Hector Martinez and Angie
Hector Martinez has an entire suite of social media based around “Normalizing Nudity.” He has a Vimeo channel where you can rent or buy videos of him and friends in their au natural. The most recent is about making tacos al pastor, a traditional Mexican dish. His Twitter feed is as twitter.com/_Hector_Mtz.
