維也納：千人集體拍裸照迎接"歐洲盃"
About 1,800 people in Vienna stripped naked on Sunday for US photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final.
Tunick, who regularly stages such mass nude events, arranged his subjects in the red seats of the venue, having been told by organizers the grass was too precious.
"It will be fun. Austria is very conservative. This might bring more openness," said Michael, a 20-year-old Austrian who drove for two hours to take part. Others came from Germany and elsewhere.
Tunick spoke to his models over the public address system, telling the men and women to spread out in sections of the stands and strike different poses. He told them not to smile or laugh and to remove sunglasses.
The stadium stages seven matches of the Euro 2008 soccer championship, being jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria next month, including the final on June 29.
"This very special ephemeral installation that we are inviting you to be part of is devised to capture and combine the spirit of sports, the grand sweeping waves of stadium architecture and the abstract relation of the human form to modern structures," Tunick said on his website.
One of Tunick's latest stunts was on a Swiss glacier, where 600 people stripped off in temperatures of about 10 Celsius last August.
His biggest was last year in Mexico City with 18,000 people. The next after Vienna are planned for Cork, Ireland, on June 17 and Dublin on June 21.
Sponsors of Tunick's latest event included a body promoting the soccer festival and Austrian railways, which gave participants free tickets.
Those taking part were volunteers who were offered a limited edition copy of the photo.
約1800人於上週日齊聚即將舉辦2008年“歐洲盃”決賽的體育場，他們脫光衣服配合美國攝影師斯賓瑟•圖尼克拍攝集體裸照。
由於主辦方說草坪代價太高，所以圖尼克把參與拍照的人們安排在了場館看臺紅色的座椅間。圖尼克經常組織這種大規模的集體裸照拍攝活動。
20歲的邁克爾驅車兩小時前來參加拍攝，他說：“這個活動很有意思。奧地利是個非常保守的國家。這樣的活動也許能給我們帶來一些開放的氣息。”前來參加拍攝的人有的來自德國和其它一些地方。
圖尼克通過公共廣播系統告訴男女模特們在看臺上分散開並指導他們擺出各種不同的姿勢，還讓他們摘掉太陽鏡，不許笑。
將於下月開幕的2008年“歐洲盃”足球賽由瑞士和奧地利共同承辦，屆時將有七場比賽在該體育場舉行，其中包括6月29日的決賽。
圖尼克在他的個人網站上說：“我們邀請您參加的這個特殊短暫的藝術活動是爲了捕捉體育精神和球場的宏偉氣勢並把它們結合起來，展現人體與現代建築之間的抽象關係。”
圖尼克於去年8月邀請了600人在瑞士一處只有10攝氏度的冰川上拍攝集體裸照，這是他最近的幾大“創舉”之一。
圖尼克組織的規模最大的一次活動是去年在墨西哥城舉辦的一次共有18000人蔘加的集體拍攝。在維也納活動後，他還計劃於6月17日在愛爾蘭的科克，6月21日在都柏林舉行類似活動。
圖尼克維也納拍攝活動的贊助方包括一家“歐洲盃”推廣機構和奧地利鐵路局，他們爲參與拍攝者提供免費車票。
參與拍照的志願者可獲贈一份限量版照片。
