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Delve
behind and beyond the surface of the body with
performance artist, writer, and painter Alex
Grey.
Alex
Grey 's On-Line Studio features
an overview of the work of the artist, writings,
and much more.
1988 "Pregnancy" oil
on linen painting by Alex Grey and appears with
permission. Visit the Alex Grey Studio at www.alexgrey.com
books
in print:
*
Transfigurations
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Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary
Art of Alex Grey
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The
Artist's Body (Themes and Movements)
By
Tracey Warr, Survey Amelia Jones, Amelia Jones
Published by Phaidon Press Inc.; ISBN: 0714835021; (July
2000) |
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Performance:
Live Art Since 1960
By
Roselee Goldberg
Published by Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810943603; (October
1998) |
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The
Explicit Body in Performance
by
Rebecca Schneider
Published by Routledge; ISBN: 0415090261; (March 1997) |
STELARC is
an Australian-based performance artist whose work explores
and extends the concept of the body and its relationship
with technology through human-machine interfaces incorporating
medical imaging, prosthetics, robotics, VR systems and
the Internet. The interest is in alternate, intimate
and involuntary experiences.
Alba
D'Urbano
Fragment
of a web site description from "Il sarto immortale" (the
immortal tailor):
"The
idea behind this project is connected to the production
of the first "suit of skin" made of material
printed with images of the naked skin of the artist's
body. The design of additional pieces of clothing (jacket,
blouse, T-shirt, skirt, etc.) is planned, and a fashion
collection should be developed in which the covering
with two-dimensional pictures of the body and the three-dimensional
form of the clothing call forth a kind of fragmented
overall picture of the body."
see
also May 2002 issue of Wired magazine
Frank
Cordelle's The
Century Project is "a series of nude
photographs accompanied by highly personal and moving
statements by women whose lives span 100 years.
Stone
Nudes is a four
year photographic study culminating in a Large-Format
book to be published in the fall of 2005. These
Calendars are intended to support and define this
project. All photos are (c) Dean Fidelman.
BF
rating: 7.5/10
BFcomments:
A good, fairly comprehensive effort. Harvey has
done a lot for guerilla nudity and, like Spencer
Tucick, has steered clear away from nude in public
as fetish or voyeurism. A few pictures do not
hold up in terms of exposure and resolution,
still worth a good look. |
The
Spirit of Lady Godiva
Photographer
Harvey has just recently published a book of
photographs mixing the clothed and unclothed
in public places across the USA. Available through
Anecdote Productions. |
books
available include:
*
Radiant Identities
* The Last Day of Summer
* New Work by Jock Sturges |
Jock
Sturges
This
is one of the more popular photographers working
in context of naturist photography. Several books
are available. Absent-minded authorities in the
USA tried to shut him down by labeling his images
pornographic when in fact they were not shot
in any sexual context whatsoever. Jock has been
cleared of these accusations but the harassment
was truly annoying.
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Sally
Mann
Photographer
specializing in family-oriented pictures.
books
available include:
*
Immediate Family
* Still Time
* At Twelve
Drama
in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man is
a full-color book (which includes a DVD) based on
the captivating images of Holly Kreuter, with contributions
from an additional 90 Burning Man participants, offering
the reader a taste of the Burning Man experience.
BF
rating: 6/10
BFcomments:
A good effort. A bit timid in covering the body freedom
aspect of the event. Some of the photographs are quite
good but others don't seem to quite hold up too well
in terms of focus and exposure. The video is mainly the
same photographs in the book set to music with very little
video footage. Some of the better videos by other groups
have shown more of the personality and featured more
interviews than this piece.
magazine
articles
Nude
and Natural 20.4 Summer 2001. Good article
by Jim Meyer on TFTBY titled "Vincent's Vision:
Is Vincent Bethell a menace to decent society? Or
the best thing to happen to naturism in years?".
Includes an interview with Vincent Bethell. Seven
pages with ten B&W pictures.
Nude
and Natural 21.2 Winter 2002. The
Bethell Approach: A Protest Colloquy/The Bethell
Approach: Is the Time for Mass Nude Protests Upon
Us? Includes statements by Vincent Bethell, Mark
Nisbet, Cec Cinder, Paul Rapoport, Les Rootsey, Morley
Shloss, T.A. Wyner, and Mark Storey. Eight Pages,
four B&W pictures. Briefly Noted "Vincent Victorious".
Review of Spencer Tunick video: "Naked States". Also
small article "German Workers Strip During Heat Wave..."
Nude
and Natural 21.3: 24-28, Spring 2002.Terri
Sue Webb: An American Bethell/Beyond Safe Havens:
Oregon's Terri Sue Webb (written by Daniel Johnson).
Also "San Fransisco's Nude Skate Dude: How a naked
roller put body freedom on wheels". Also "Ellen Woodal
and the Nudist Disconnect". Short articles: "Germans
Naked at Work", various letters.
Nude
and Natural 22.2 Winter 2003. Article
by Mark Storey "the Offense of Public Nudity",
well worth checking out for those interested in actions
regarding public nudity. There is also a small write
up on Steve Gough and his actions in Eastleigh, England
and includes three pictures.
Going
Natural The Magazine of the Federation
of Canadian Naturists (FCN) Volume 17, Number
2 "The two naked women of Maine: What they
did and why" by Katie Mann. Excellent four
page article with photographs by Hessa Schneider.
Naturally Nude
Recreation & Travel magazine #38. "Jury says
nakedness is not a nuisance" 1/2 of a page with
four colour pictures.
Naturally Nude
Recreation & Travel magazine #39. "Cold Comfort " 1/7
of a page with one colour picture.
Green
Politics Winter 2001 newsletter "Citizen
Joan, Who Disrobed to Conquer", by the Banana
Republicans
Ankh magazine and Elysium
Research and Development Institute
"Before
the respectable and relatively tame naturism of today
came the naked hippidom lifestyle of Haight-Ashbury.
These ANKH magazines - "nudism in a capsule" -
are a nostalgic look back at early nude freedom and "groovy" happenings." Available
from Internaturally
catalog
These
magazines were published in the late 1960s by Elysium
Inc. as a part of the Elysium Research and Development
Institute (previously located at 5436 Fernwood
Avenue, Los Angles, CA 90027). The Elysium institute
is no longer around but part of the organization developed
into a mainstream naturist club which ended up moving
to Florida in the early 2000s.
Here's
a description from the Elysium Institute from a 1968
Ankh magazine:
"A
new social concept, promoting:
-Improved self-knowledge and understanding
-Positive ways to a fear-free sexual life
-Greater sense of responsibility to others
-More satisfying interpersonal relations
-Sound moral values for today's world
-Relief from oppressive standards governing sex
-Enlightenment, brotherhood and growth"
   
internet
content
Links
to articles and web sites are spread throughout this
site.
Free
Body Culture (site currently offline)
A very slick and polished naturist-oriented web site that is
heavy on images and Macromedia Flash content. Other groups should
take note.
This
site could use more diverisity in age and skin color,
among other things.
The
Socialist Nudist
"The
purpose of this site is to bring attention the toxic
effects of capitalism and the fashion industry on the
People, with a special emphasis on America. At this site
I have an analysis of clothing from a Historical Materialist
view. In addition, I address the issues of body shame
as a product of the capitalist system, the problems with
sweatshops, the need for top free rights and more. I
have links to important sites as well." |
