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| Hull set for City of Culture mass nude photograph | Hull set for City of Culture mass nude photograph |
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| Hull has been chosen as the latest place to stage a mass nude gathering, all in the name of art. | Hull has been chosen as the latest place to stage a mass nude gathering, all in the name of art. |
| Internationally-renowned photographer Spencer Tunick is to create a new work there to celebrate its year as UK City of Culture. | |
| The gathering is to be photographed in the East Yorkshire port on 9 July, with the resulting work unveiled in 2017. | The gathering is to be photographed in the East Yorkshire port on 9 July, with the resulting work unveiled in 2017. |
| Organisers hope hundreds of people will strip to become part of the work, entitled Sea Of Hull. | Organisers hope hundreds of people will strip to become part of the work, entitled Sea Of Hull. |
| Participants are to be covered in cosmetic body make-up, before assembling to form the multiple colours of the sea and create abstract shapes for the camera. | Participants are to be covered in cosmetic body make-up, before assembling to form the multiple colours of the sea and create abstract shapes for the camera. |
| New York-based Tunick has created more than 90 similar human installations worldwide, including at the Sydney Opera House, Place des Arts in Montreal, Mexico City and Munich in Germany. | New York-based Tunick has created more than 90 similar human installations worldwide, including at the Sydney Opera House, Place des Arts in Montreal, Mexico City and Munich in Germany. |
| His work in the UK has used places including Gateshead and Folkestone as backdrops. | His work in the UK has used places including Gateshead and Folkestone as backdrops. |
| "I'm very interested in the history of the city and its place as a seafaring centre and its relationship to a rich maritime past," Tunick said of Hull. | "I'm very interested in the history of the city and its place as a seafaring centre and its relationship to a rich maritime past," Tunick said of Hull. |
| "It intrigues me that in some places where there are major streets or parks today, previously there was water." | "It intrigues me that in some places where there are major streets or parks today, previously there was water." |
| He said he hoped he would create "a sea of humanity flooding the urban landscape" and the body paint would help many people to overcome their inhibitions to posing naked. | He said he hoped he would create "a sea of humanity flooding the urban landscape" and the body paint would help many people to overcome their inhibitions to posing naked. |
| Kirsten Simister, of Hull's Ferens Art Gallery, said: "It's an opportunity to involve people directly in an amazing live performance that will temporarily transform the city." | Kirsten Simister, of Hull's Ferens Art Gallery, said: "It's an opportunity to involve people directly in an amazing live performance that will temporarily transform the city." |
| The artist is to also create a second installation on 10 July inviting a select group of participants to take part in another event in North Lincolnshire. | |
| Anyone over 18 can take part. | Anyone over 18 can take part. |