He also wanted to raise awareness about the proliferation of Dead Sea sinkholes. The city of Arad is just 16 miles from the Dead Sea, and Fruchter wanted to make it a base for visitors on the way to the natural wonder. Change does not happen in a vacuum, sometimes it takes art to spread the word.” The salt crystal rises The works touch on the hope that early warnings of environmental catastrophe will spark quicker responses from people. This does not mean one should not try to make a difference,” Tunick said, “With my works at the Dead Sea, I attempt to poetically visually create pushback against the loss of a natural wonder of the world. “To immerse yourself in the preservation of a natural cause with one’s art is a very rewarding experience, but it also comes with the sad realization that often man-made disasters are hard to stop. Fruchter tells NoCamels he will be announcing the location of the shoot shortly, and it will include a “mesmerizing” surprise element.” The location of the photoshoot is currently under wraps in order to maintain the dignity of the participants. Tunick is currently in the midst of shooting a new artistic new nude project in Arad to draw attention to the region’s environmental plight.
#Dead sea naked models free#
Sign up for our free weekly newsletter Subscribe Triple Sinkhole Sunrise, a photo by Ilan Shacham. I am happy and excited about having a significant art project in our city,” he said. “The city overlooks the Dead Sea,” he said, according to a statement, “Arad is a pluralistic city. “Spencer has a natural love for and connection to the land, and when we showed him the condition and situation in the Dead Sea he was ready to return and help raise awareness while creating a new work that does just that,” he tells NoCamels.įruchter and Tunick were also joined by Nisan Ben-Hamo, the mayor of Arad, and Sharon Neuman and Iftah Hayner, the architects designing the museum.īen-Hamo was asked whether Arad was a suitable location for a Dead Sea Museum. When asked how Fruchter was able to convince Tunick to come back to Israel for a Dead Sea photoshoot after 10 years, the entrepreneur said it “wasn’t hard to do.” An aerial perspective of Spencer Tunick’s Naked Sea project at the Dead Sea. Fruchter set out to build a Dead Sea Museum in Arad in 2019 as part of a quest to both preserve the area and give back to a city that had made an impact on him since it was his home in a World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) program in 1997. I have remained deeply connected and concerned about the Dead Sea and am hoping to help make sure it remains,” Tunick said in a statement.Īt a press conference in Jerusalem last week, Tunick said he was honored to be in Israel for the third time, to make art that brings attention to the city of Arad, and “to be in the only place in the Middle East where he can do his art.”Īri Leon Fruchter, a US-born social entrepreneur who first brought Tunick to Israel, spoke alongside the photographer at the press conference. Yet, today, the setting of my 2011 works is entirely unrecognizable. The people in this installation moved on, their bodies and minds 10 years older, with the one constant being the landscape- the minerals, the rocks and sea. “Everything you see in my 2011 photographs is gone. More than 4,000 sinkholes have been identified on the Dead Sea’s western shores.
Sea levels have since declined drastically leaving the region unrecognizable. The photo was a reaction to the closure of Mineral Beach which is no longer accessible due to sinkholes. The exhibit will culminate with work from a carefully photographed 2016 installation at the secret Metzoke Dragot (Dragot Cliffs) beach. Spencer Tunick put together a carefully photographed shoot, which took place at the Metzokot Dragot in 2016. The artist’s showcase event will also include individual portraits shot from across the Dead Sea, as well as never-before-seen photography of a group of 30 women who participated in a nude photoshoot from the Ein Gedi and Ein Bokek Waterfalls.
0 kommentar(er)
