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Shoreditch House Private Members' Club, London, September 4, 2008
This exclusive venue resides a couple of doors away from the Hales Gallery, so it was logical to schedule the installation after the opening of Spencer's new show at the Hales on September 4. The installation forms a part of Spencer's Party Series. This installation almost went unnoticed as participation was limited to Shoreditch House members only and was kept secret until the last minute. Spencer was allowed to bring five guests into the club for the installation, and one of these participants will contribute a few paragraphs in a few days.

In the meantime, read the report from The Independent here.

Dublin Docklands, Ireland, June 21-22, 2008
The installation on Saturday June 21, took place at the South Quay in mixed weather. After a promising sunny start the heavens opened and the second setup had to be abandoned. Once the rain subsided, the third setup with the few hundred brave participants who stayed on, took place ankle deep in the sea.

The Sunday morning installation took place in the new development at Bolands Mills, Grand Canal Dock, with people posing on the balconies of the new develpment buildings. A further installation is said to have taken place with women only on the roof of one of the buildings.

Despite the harsh weather conditions, everyone seems to agree that the craic was mighty in Dublin.

Our Dublin page is here.

Emer was at both installations, and she has posted a detailed blog here

Kevin Myers' op-ed in the Irish Independent | Colin Coyle of The Times comments
Alison O'Riordan of the Belfast Telegraph writes of her experience
The official registration page | Dublin Docklands Tunick Page

Blarney Castle, Ireland, June 17-18, 2008
On the beautiful setting of Blarney Castle, Co. Cork, Spencer created some even more beautiful art, with roses, gold coins and even the Blarney Stone itself, becoming a part of his creation. A smaller installation took place on Wednesday morning, for people with tattoos - kneeling in foam in front of a graffiti painted wall.

Our Blarney Castle page is here

The official registration page | Cork Midsummer Festival Home Page
A columnist's views in the Irish Independent | The news item in the Irish Independent
An op-ed by Sinead Ryan in The Herald.ie | A news clip on the BBC | Metro UK

During this installation I discovered that Spencer's videographer, Andrew Einhorn, has torn his achilles tendon and as a result was unable to be in Ireland. So I'd like to wish Andrew a speedy recovery, because - to be honest - it's just not the same without him.

Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria, May 11, 2008
Around 1840 people (according to AFP) took part in this installation, slightly short of Spencer's
ideal participant count of 2008, posing in around 8 different setups, some of them
with 1000 footballs specially designed for the occasion.
The installation began at 2pm and continued into the evening.

Our own Happel Stadium page
(we still could use another contribution or two if you were there)

The Four Season Restaurant, NY, March 2008
This is an indoor installation that took place on Saturday March 22, 2008, in the Pool Room
of the famed Four Seasons restaurant, with around 150 participants.
The installation was covered by ABC News, and broadcast on "World News" on March 22
and "Good Morning America" on March 23.
One of the aspects that made this installation different from others,
was that the installation was captured on a 20 x 24" polaroid camera,
and two of the resulting prints are to be auctioned off at the FreeArtsNYC benefit auction on April 30.

Chris was there and this is his account
The original notification and a first glimpse of one of the polaroit prints can be seen here

Other links:
The ABC News page dedicated to this event is here | Good Morning America on ABC

Sagamore Hotel, Miami, October 8, 2007
500 participants gathered at the Sagamore Hotel on this sunny Monday for something a little different - both for themselves and, indeed for Spencer. The installation included poses with people on the hotel balconies,
women on pink rafts, men on green rafts, and a grand finalé with everyone exploding 500 champagne bottles.
Spencer followed this installation with a smaller one at sunrise the following morning,
taking 20 participants to the dunes behind the hotel, and 30 others into the hotel lobby.
The final artwork will be revealed in Miami Beach's Art Basel festivities in December.
Visit our Sagamore Hotel page here

The Tunick Page on the Sagamore Hotel's website (formerly the registration page)
provides information about the Sagamore Hotel installation and a number of documentary photos by Melissa Marino.

Of the numerous press links that we had posted, only Local-10 still have a live link.

Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland, 2007

On August 18, 2007, Spencer and around 600 people ventured with Greenpeace to the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland. The installation was part of a Greenpeace campaign to raise awareness of global warming.

Kris, Mike and Patsie were there and have contributed experiences and pictures from the day.
Visit our Aletsch Glacier page here

This installation was followed the following day by a smaller installation with around 20 people on nearby Moosfluh.
Read Kris' account of the small installation here

Other links:
The Greenpeace Website | A 33 second video clip from Sky News

Dream Amsterdam, 2007

On April 15, Spencer Tunick held the first installation for Dream Amsterdam, an arts event envisioned and organised by Jamain Brigitha, an artist and curator herself. This installation took place in a tulip field in Schermerhorn with around 100 participants.
Visit our Schermerhorn page here.

The main Dream Amsterdam installation took place on June 3rd and comprised about 1400 participants in various setups in and around the Q-Park, and a small installation on the Leliegracht.
Visit our Amsterdam page here.

Visit the official Dream Amsterdam website here
Reuters coverage of the Schermerhorn installation can be found here.

Zocalo Square, Mexico City, 2007

The largest Spencer Tunick installation to date took place on May 6th, 2007
with 18,000 participants filling the Zocalo Square. We have pictures from the installation kindly provided
by a press photographer who was there, but we are waiting for some experiences to post with them.
If you were in Zocalo Square on May 6, 2007 and can provide us with a few paragraphs, please do so here.

Dusseldorf, Germany, 2006

Spencer was invited to Dusseldorf to create several installations for the ArtCity events of Dusseldorf's Quadriennalle.
Silke and Michaela took part in the installations on August 6.

Other links
The Museum Kunst Palast Spencer Tunick page | RP Online (in German)

San Sebastian, Spain, 2006

Spencer was in San Sebastian on April 22nd 2006.
COFF (in San Sebastian) | El Comercio Digital | 20 Minutos

Caracas, Venezuela, 2006

Spencer was in Caracas (Venezuela) on March 19th 2006.
Ruth was one of the participants and her experience can be found here

Bruges, Belgium, 2006

Spencer conducted a small scale installation with 67 males in Bruges on February 5th 2006.
Michiel and Ulrich were two of the 67 men, and their comments are here

Lyon, France, 2005

Spencer Tunick was in Lyon in September 2005:
The Spencer Tunick Blogspot (by Pamela) | BBC (UK) | Pictures from the event

Newcastle-Gateshead, UK, 2005

Bruges, Belgium, 2005

Spencer Tunick was in Bruges, Belgium, May 2005:
A personal experience in Bruges

Shoreditch, London, 2004

Two small installations that took place while Spencer was in London for a Hales Gallery exhibition opening in October 2004. Small means two sets of 4 participants and two individual shots over two days.
Diane and Craig were in Shoreditch with Spencer Tunick

Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, 2003

An installation with 300 participants organised for the "Imaginarius" Arts Festival in Santa Maria da Feira,
September 13, 2003.

Selfridges, London, 2003

For many Londoners, the Selfridges installation on April 27, 2003 was their first. With the publicity surrounding the Saatchi Gallery opening a few weeks earlier, there was an incredible turnout for Selfridges, with around 500 people queuing around the building by the time the doors opened. Only 400 people were allowed to participate, and the remaining 100 were turned away.
Some personal experiences from the Selfridges installation

Saatchi Gallery, London, 2003

The opening of the Saatchi Gallery in April 2003 was a celebrity studded event featuring a host of London's A-list glitterati who did not pose nude, and 160 volunteers who did. This installation began as any other Spencer Tunick installation would, but took a surreal twist as volunteers - still nude - mingled with the celebrities for the rest of the evening.

An account in the Guardian by Jane Roberts
An item from The Observer | A BBC item about the Saatchi Gallery opening, April 2003

Cortlandt Alley, Lower Manhattan, New York, 2002

On June 1, 2002, Spencer held an installation in Cortlandt Alley between White and Walker Streets in Lower Manhattan, for the 20th anniversary of Art In General - a non-profit organisation that assists artists to produce and present new work, that resides on Walker Street. Nick from Boston made the trip to New York and took part.
Here is Nick's story

There is no reference to the installation on the Art In General website, but there is a lot to see.
The Art In General website is here.

Greenwich, London, 2001

In 2001, Spencer came to Greenwich for his first installation in London, and with 400 participants, he captured The Cutty Sark, The Admiral Hardy and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel entrance in ways that would not normally be seen by the average tourist.
Our Cutty Sark page with Matthew's account of the morning.

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Press and other reports

A report on Spencer's trip to Kyoto

A BBC report from Montreal

BBC "Thoughts of the Day" referring to the Saatchi and Selfridges installations

Barcelona 2003 press links

Alan (a.k.a. ATOR) is a frequent participant and he shares his experiences here

Works Collections on the web.

Hales Gallery

Spencer Tunick on Artnet
This website includes a vast collection of Spencer's official images (over 70), a comprehensive biography, chronology, interviews and more "presented courtesy of the artist"

A partially complete documentation of NAKED STATES can be found on The Blue Dot.

A series of 41 photographs circa 1993 called Americazone can also be found on The Blue Dot.

For some time, Nerve was the place to read about the latest stage of "Nude Adrift". Each month or so Spencer and Kristen would download their last venue's report, with documentary photographs (not Spencer's own), and sometimes the report would be from a friend on the spot, maybe the person who had master minded the visit, locations and model-hunting. Click here to visit Nerve

NAKED WORLD documented by Arlene Donnely

Dina Burg Arts images from Nude Adrift

A seemingly unofficial collection on a Polish website Poema Art

A partial collection of images mostly from Naked States on the Artsversus website.

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