১৮ জুলাই, ২০০৫

The temptation to cover nudity.

BBC reports on another one of those mass nudity art happenings. You can scarcely blame artists for doing things like this when the media can't resist the temptation to cover it:
To be surrounded by hundreds of naked people is an awesome, overwhelming sight. So many different shapes and sizes, in varying hues, blending into a uniform mass.
Sounds appalling.

১০টি মন্তব্য:

Matt Barker বলেছেন...

"...cover nudity." Heh.

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"Hi, I'm here to cover the nudity."

"Oh, OK, drive up the parkway and park on the driveway."

"Wow. Pretty ugly."

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Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Matthew: Do I need a bigger sledgehammer?

Matt Barker বলেছেন...

Whatever do you mean?

Please consider my comment like sign language for the subtlety-impaired...

BTW, your profile photo goes great with your comment. It just looks like that's what you're saying. :-D

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Joe: That must be what makes it art.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Slocum: It's an aesthetic matter, not a moral one. Those people look awful, and as art it's just tired.

Pancho বলেছেন...

To be surrounded by hundreds of naked people is awesome

If one is at the Playboy Mansion perhaps, otherwise not.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Slocum: I agree they look human. I don't agree that they look "just human."

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

And "bleeech" sounds like an expression of disgust to me. Time to take back chiding me for being "squeamish."

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Slocum: And my "sounds appalling" was in response to "So many different shapes and sizes, in varying hues, blending into a uniform mass." What the hell's the difference?

rsin বলেছেন...

So many different shapes and sizes... sounds beautiful. Sounds inclusive. Maybe that's the turnoff. Nakedness is honest. Maybe that's the repulsion.

In this very image-conscious superficial culture we live in, honest nudity is shocking, but if you ponder it, transformational. It's just nature. If you don't want to look at it, don't, but it's not shallow.

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