Mexico is unlikely to allow U.S. artist Spencer Tunick stage a nude photo shoot at its famous Teotihuacan pyramids, citing possible damage to the ancient site.
Tunick has asked Mexican archaeological authorities for permission to photograph masses of naked people at Teotihuacan, Mexico's oldest major ruins, on May 6.
"The application has been filed and the National Anthropology and History Institute is evaluating it, but it looks like they won't let him. It's not the last word but they have told me it will be rejected," Alejandro Sarabia, who runs the Teotihuacan site, told Reuters on Monday.
Tunick has caused controversy by staging nude photo shoots in cities from Dusseldorf to Caracas. Organizers say the Mexico City event might top his record of 7,000 naked people photographed in Barcelona in 2003.
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Hello Melissa,
Spencer will be doing an installation in Mexico City, just not at the pyramids. This has been in the works for at least two years and all the backing and permits are in place, only the location is still unsettled.
For more on Spencer's Mexico installation, or the one in June in Amsterdam- or the small prologue event that took place among the tulips this last Sunday, come to http://www.spencertunickforum.org
My understanding is that the fear of damage to the site is what ruled it out-not the nudity! Anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 are predicted to attend.
Roger
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