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You Want Me to Take Off My Clothes and Do What?

Imagine asking someone to take off his or her clothes ... and not being arrested, sued or slapped. Now imagine convincing 20,000 people to take off their clothes in a public square for the sake of art.

Well, American artist Spencer Tunick, who has made a career out of asking large groups of people around the world to disrobe, would have been happy if only 7,000 people had come. But the final number of people who came to Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, surprised even him. You can find several of the pictures he took here at the Los Angeles Times (no naughty bits, as Monty Python would say, or it's just too far away to see).

"Nudity is part of human life," said Liliana Velasco, 30, an anthropologist. "Being naked is being in the moment, and being naked in the Zocalo gives everyone a chance to celebrate our culture." ...
A few shouted for Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera to join them. Tunick had promised while negotiating for city permission that he would not include the cathedral in any of the photographs.

I find myself left with the same overwhelming question, however, that I've had when Tunick has done this in the past. Where the heck does everybody put their clothes while they are standing around naked? Do people just come to the photo shoot naked? I mean, is there a big pile of stuff? Imagine trying to find your shoes in that jumble. I only have six people in my house and I struggle each morning to find mine.

9:15 AM ET | 05- 7-2007 | permalink

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude take the clothes and wrap a nearby building with them. :-)

Sent by andy carvin | 9:40 AM ET | 05-07-2007

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