USA: HUNDREDS OF WOMEN SHED THEIR CLOTHES TO TAKE PART IN ART PROJECT AT NEW YORK'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION

Record ID: 584838

  • Title: USA: HUNDREDS OF WOMEN SHED THEIR CLOTHES TO TAKE PART IN ART PROJECT AT NEW YORK'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION
  • Date: 26th October 2003
  • Summary: (W4) NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 26, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SCU: EXTERIOR OF GRAND CENTRAL STATION 0.04 2. VARIOUS OF WOMEN WAITING IN LINE 0.08 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PARTICIPANT, EVA REDKEEL SAYING: "A woman's body is an amazing thing. Why not enjoy it? Too many women don't love their bodies. So to be able to express ourselves and show that we are beautiful. Why not? In a collective group and effort -- no harm done." 0.22 4. WOMEN WALKING INTO STATION 0.26 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOEY GREGORY SAYING: "Sometimes he has people in the foetal position, flat or standing so off they come and off they go." 0.33 6. VARIOUS OF LARGE GROUP OF NAKED WOMEN STANDING AROUND WAITING TO TAKE POSITION 0.45 7. PHOTOGRAPHER SPENCER TUNICK ADDRESSING GROUP ON MEGAPHONE (2 SHOTS) 0.58 8. WS: LARGE GROUP OF NAKED WOMEN LAYING A CIRCULAR FORMATION IN CENTER OF GRAND CENTRAL STATION 1.02 9. TUNICK ADJUSTING CAMERA 1.04 10. VARIOUS OF NAKED WOMEN ON FLOOR WALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER 1.12 11. VARIOUS OF NAKED WOMEN FROZEN IN POSITION (4 SHOTS) 1.23 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) RONALD KUBEL, TUNICK'S LAWYER, SAYING: "It was ironic that while Spencer was developing a following the world over for his, it was only in New York, the artistic capital of the world that he was routinely being arrested. Five arrests later, it finally went into federal court. The city fought us all the way to the Supreme Court trying to shut down Spencer's photoshoot." 1.45 13. PAN: ROWS OF NAKED WOMEN LYING ON FLOOR OF GRAND CENTRAL STATION 1.54 14. TUNICK DEMONSTRATING HOW HE WOULD LIKE WOMEN TO POSE 1.59 15. TUNICK TAKING PICTURE PAN AND ZOOM OUT FOR GROUP SHOT OF NEARLY 100 NAKED WOMEN 2.07 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPENCER TUNICK, PHOTOGRAPHER, SAYING: "I think New York is a more tender place now where they body is seen as more vulnerable. It doesn't always have to represent crime. And I think that within a time, space and manner I can create this work and not be arrested. It is a wonderful thing to come back to New York and to celebrate my freedom and these women's freedom within Grand Central and I brought the most beautiful people in the world to pose in one of the most beautiful building in the world." 2.36 17. WOMEN CLAPPING 2.44 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAAO7121JVN93TZYYHN02CB3K5B
  • Story Text: Hundreds of women have shed their modesty and
    clothing to participate in an art project at New York's
    Grand Central Station.


    Grand Central Station, New York's famously frenzied
    train station was the site of a different kind of commotion
    on Sunday (October 26, 2003) as hundreds of naked women
    milled about its main concourse.

    Wearing nothing more than their smiles, the 450 nude
    models huddled, lounged and posed for the most recent
    effort by New York based photographer and artist, Spencer
    Tunick.

    Tunick guided the models into a myriad of poses and
    formations including a ring around the center of the
    concourse and a large mob spilling from the side halls onto
    the main area.

    For one of his photos, Tunick urged the women to mill
    about the concourse as though they were there to catch a
    train.

    "I brought the most beautiful people in the world to
    pose in one of the most beautiful buildings in the world,"
    said of the photo shoot which had to take place in the
    early hours of the night to accommodates the station's busy
    daytime schedule.

    Tunick has arranged nude photo shoots in London, Canada,
    Buenos Aires and Portugal.

    A native of New York, Tunick has often had difficulty
    working in his hometown.

    "It was ironic that while Spencer was developing a
    following the world over for his, it was only in New York,
    the artistic capital of the world that he was routinely
    being arrested. Five arrests later, it finally went into
    federal court. The city fought us all the way to the
    Supreme Court trying to shut down Spencer's photoshoot,"
    Tunick's lawyer Ronald Kuby said.

    Tunick attributes the relative ease of arranging the
    shoot at Grand Central Station to a post-September 11th
    change in the city.

    "I think New York is a more tender place now where they
    body is seen as more vulnerable. It doesn't always have to
    represent crime. And I think that within a time, space and
    manner I can create this work and not be arrested, " Tunick
    said.





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