Comments on: Spencer Tunick in Dublin

By: Al

Al — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:06:15 +0000

Hello! Well done to everyone who turned up! It was an amazing experience! There was no sense of class, status, race or even gender (if you can believe that)…we were just people…free people…being nice to one another for a change. Thank you for the experience, Spencer…please come back soon! And if anyone would seriously travel to one of Spencer’s next installations, I’d definitely be interested in going too!

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:30:37 +0000

Glad you like the word cloud Debbie. It’s been a heavy traffic day for the spencer post here too. It might just topple the Jessie Buckley post by tomorrow

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:22:32 +0000

And thanks, lecraic, for your comment too. It’s amazing that over 800 people have now read my account (or at least looked at the pictures!) – my usual is around six, and my previous personal best was 28!!! Yikes. )

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:09:34 +0000

Thank you for your kind comments here Clarissa. I replied to you on mine as well.

I lurve the Spencer Tunick word cloud, lecraic! Fab stuff, though I can think of a few other words that are noticeable by their absence… s’pose you ought to keep it clean though.

By: Remy

Remy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:58:03 +0000

I heard that more than 150 people were there yestderday as well for a second shot.
Amazing to find so many people ready to get naked in the name of art …

By: le craic » The Spencer Tunick Word Cloud

le craic » The Spencer Tunick Word Cloud — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:55:34 +0000

[...] was immediately impressed. I used it to create this weeks le craic header. Having read all the Spencer Tunick posts I thought it would be interesting to take the words from the various accounts of the [...]

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:00:09 +0000

Hi Darragh, sorry your comment was in the moderation queue all afternoon and I had no net access.

Thanks for the comment Clarissa, sounds like it was a morning to remember.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:10:09 +0000

HI, its great to read all of the accounts of the South Wall installation. I didn’t wait for the nudes in the water shots which for some reason seem to be the only ones published (i would have thought the 2500+ would be far more impressive-looking on the pier but maybe the media only get the less arty ones…?)
Anyway i loved Debbie’s account and found it incredibly accurate – she was probably near me as i too got frustrated with drunken yobbos acting like they were at a giant stag party. Such a shame the stewards hadn’t screened people a little better.
Thanks Debbie – i’m not so blog-savvy so not sure how best to respond directly. A truly great account though. And i must salute all those who were brave/crazy enough to weather it for the last set-up in the freezing waters. Well done!!
(Yeah Vienna certainly sounds tempting!
Clarissa

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:00:25 +0000

I waffled for hours – nearly as long as the shoot was.

How about:

# It was cold
# I was freezing
# Spencer didn’t seem bothered
# Being in the sea was torture
# Women in Ireland have MANY different shapes

and

# It’s stupid to be embarrassed about finding your fly open after an age of sitting with other people around you in the nude

http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com/2008/06/spencer-cork-seems-to-have-been-better.html

By: aj@lecraic

aj@lecraic — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:52:43 +0000

Great account Debbie, thanks for posting the url