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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

18000 Mexicans stripped...just like that!


People strip for love or money, as a rule. But Isaac Esquivel and thousands of other Mexicans dropped their clothes in the city's main plaza on Sunday just for the heck of it.


New York photographer Spencer Tunick, famous for rounding up people to pose naked in cities around the world, brought his artistic gimmick to Mexico.


His goal was to persuade more than 7000 Mexicans in this very Catholic country to disrobe in front of God, each other and a media army perched on the roof of the Holiday Inn.

Instead, a record 18,000 people took off their clothes to pose in Mexico City's Zocalo square, the heart of the ancient Aztec empire. Tunick, who has staged mass nude photo shoots in cities from Melbourne to Dusseldorf, smashed his record of 7000 volunteers set in 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.

"At first I was really nervous," said Mr Esquivel, 25, a photographer himself. "I kept thinking about what they tell you before you make a speech, you know, to imagine your audience naked."

He did not have to wait long. At 6:50 A. M., the disrobing began at Tunick's signal, and, after tossing aside their workaday identities, people began running to the centre of the plaza.

Within minutes, the square was covered in pink flesh and dark hair.

"Nudity is part of human life," said Liliana Velasco, 30, an anthropologist. "Being naked gives everyone a chance to celebrate our culture." Not quite perhaps what the 16th century Spaniards had in mind when they set aside the plaza for the heart of their new empire.

The giant square is the scene of concerts, political rallies and parades. Most years, the president gives the annual cry for liberty from the balcony of the National Palace to kick off Independence Day celebrations.

Mr Esquivel said he found his own freedom on Sunday. "After you take off your clothes, you see that everybody is the same," he said. "That's when I stopped being nervous and started to have fun." That didn't last too long either. Tunick and his team began herding the volunteers. He asked them to pose in the Mexican salute, which is held not at the forehead but nipple-high. A woman lost her nerve, dressed, and left in a hurry.

After he finished with that pose, the crowd chanted, "Otra, otra" — another one, another one.
Tunick then asked that they lie down on the cold stones, feet facing north. Mexico City is in its warm season, but the early morning was chilly.

By 7:30 A. M. the crowd was kneeling, head down, curled up in the so-called snail pose.
After it was all over, everybody was dressed by 9am and the street sweepers gave the Zocalo a once-over.

"What a great moment for the Mexican art scene," Tunick said.

Cited from theage.com.au

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