Internationally renowned artist Spencer Tunick has revealed that he will create an
installation using thousands of nude Australians on the steps of the iconic Sydney Opera
House on the morning of Monday 1 March.
The artist is calling on all Australians interested in taking part to register immediately
at The Base to reserve a place.
Tunick’s installation, called ‘The Base’, will be one of the highlights of this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. Participation in the art installation however is
open to all Australians, regardless of sexuality. All nude volunteers will be rewarded with
an official Spencer Tunick photograph of ‘The Base.
The US-based artist is the man responsible for gathering people by the thousand and getting them to strip, en masse, in the name of art. Using a sea of naked bodies as his medium, he moulds his groups of willing volunteers into abstract shapes, in various forms and locations, before capturing it on film. He’s attracted huge crowds the world round,
including 7,000 in Barcelona, and 18,000 in Mexico City.
Less is more – Spencer Tunick
Who’s going to be the greatest unknown Daredevil of Funny?
The Evel Knievel of the mic?
RAW Comedy is the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s annual hunt for Australia’s as yet undiscovered wit – it’s the country’s biggest, largest, fattest, most prestigious open mic competition. It gets under way for 2010 in January, with heats held across the nation.
There will be razzle-dazzle displays of blatant idiocy cloaked in heroicism as contestants willing and able to make the bravest of comedy leaps get to battle it out for the crown of 2010 RAW Comedy Winner at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.
Anyone who has earned less than $500 from performing comedy is eligible to try their luck. Five minutes of new, original comedy material is all it takes – stand-up, sketch, double and triple acts, musical comedy are all welcome. Would be comic geniuses wishing to swap the bread-line for a punch-line can register at: www.rawcomedy.com.au
Those who want to witness the witticism of contestants with crash-proof nerves of steel as they take part in RAW Comedy heats, can find venues and dates on the website.
Heats will be held in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Hobart, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Geelong, Wollongong and Byron Bay.
