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Art | At Vienna stadium installation, ‘you will only be nude for a short period of time’

By John Turnbull ⋅ April 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Avant garde photographer Spencer Tunick has requested 2,008 nude participants—each with football—for a May 11 “installation” at Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, site of the Euro 2008 final. (Apr 14)

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"I am not myself very fond of watching football," said Genji. "It is a rough game. But I feel that today we all need something to wake us up ..." (Lady Murasaki, The Tale of Genji, ca. 1000 C.E.)