Mass nude photo shoot going ahead after supermarket u-turn

CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT
OUTLET: CNN

Hundreds of naked people are set to gather on a chilly rooftop in Australia in July after a supermarket dropped its objections to a mass nude photo shoot by renowned New York artist Spencer Tunick.

Woolworths had refused permission due to fears that a photo shoot in its rooftop car park would disrupt its busy Saturday morning trade, but gave the go-ahead after organizers changed the date.

"We're very supportive of the Provocaré Festival of the Arts and the Chapel Street community in which we operate," a Woolworths spokesperson said, adding that the festival organizers' flexibility with timing convinced the supermarket to allow the photoshoot to go ahead.

Channel 7 News - Shopping Strip

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OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 NEWS

Melbourne's mass nude photoshoot is set to go ahead after a big backdown by Woolworths.

Woolworths reverses ban on Spencer Tunick mass nude photoshoot in Prahran carpark

CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT
OUTLET: HERALD SUN

WOOLIES has reversed its ban on world-renowned artist Spencer Tunick to stage his mass nude photoshoot on its carpark rooftop in Prahran.

Tunick, whose nudes have graced the Sydney Opera House and world heritage sites, wanted to photograph those willing to strip off for art’s sake during Prahran’s Provocaré festival in July.

No it wasn’t too fresh for the Fresh Food People, although those willing to bare all in Melbourne’s winter might have raised as many goosebumps as eyebrows.

Woolworths Says No to Massive Nude Photo Shoot

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OUTLET: BROADSHEET

Early last month Broadsheet announced world-famous photographer Spencer Tunick would headline Chapel Street’s winter arts festival Provocaré. The New York State-born artist is known primarily for photographing large-scale nude shoots in public locations, sometimes featuring thousands of participants.

More than 10,000 people have so far registered interest in getting their kits off for Tunick’s shoots across the two weekends of the festival, and three locations have already been secured. The artist had hoped the rooftop car park of the Chapel Street Woolworths could be used as the final location for shooting.

“He fell in love with that location and just had a vision of what he wanted to do with it,” Chapel Street Precinct Association (CSPA) head of business Chrissie Maus tells Broadsheet.

Too cheeky? Woolworths says no to rooftop nude art

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OUTLET: NINE NEWS NATIONAL

A plan for more than 10,000 people to be naked on the roof of Woolworth's store in Melbourne has been shot down after the supermarket giant said no to a world famous artist.

The New York-based artist, Spencer Tunick, renowned for his nude pictures, wants to use the store's car park at Prahran's Chapel St precinct for his latest shoot next month, but Woolworths has refused because it did not want its customers inconvenienced.

Tunick believes the supermarket giant is trying to censor him.

No Nudes Allowed

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OUTLET: CHANNEL 10, THE PROJECT

The Project team interview Spencer about the Woolworths car park ban. Interview starts at 04:30.

Spencer Tunick: Supermarket chain halts artist's nude shoot

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OUTLET: BBC WORLD NEWS

Photographer Spencer Tunick has started a petition against a decision by an Australian supermarket chain to halt plans for his latest mass nudes shoot.

More than 10,000 people had volunteered to pose for the renowned US artist on a rooftop car park in Melbourne.

But supermarket giant Woolworths, which owns the location, said the shoot would inconvenience customers.

[Front Page] NO IFS OR BUTTS. Mass nude art too cheeky for super market giant

CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT
OUTLET: HERALD SUN

World renowned artist-photographer, Spencer Tunick, arrives in Australia next month to shoot a series of mass nude photographs in Melbourne. His ‘hero’ shot was to be on top of the Woolworths Prahran rooftop carpark – prized for its Melbourne skyline backdrop. Woolworths have said no because of ‘potential loss of trade’ - even though the shot happens before 9am on a Saturday and only 4 cars traditionally use the car park at that time! Chapel Street Precinct Association (CSPA) have started a petition against Woolworths to reverse the decision.

NO IFS, OR BUTTS - Mass nude art too cheeky for supermarket giant

CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: THE HERALD SUN

DL COMMS secures the front page of The Herald Sun for Chapel Street Precinct Association with the following exclusive:

MELBOURNE has been thrust into the midst of a global artistic dispute after a supermarket giant banned controversial photographer Spencer Tunick from staging his next mass-nudity picture on its rooftop in Prahran’s Chapel St precinct.

New York–based Tunick — who is renowned for shooting crowds in the nude at some of the world’s most famous locations — had wanted to use the Woolworths rooftop for his shoot next month, because of the views it offers of the city.

But Woolworths has shuttered the plan for hundreds of locals to strip and be photographed on its roof, saying it has just upgraded the rooftop carpark and did not want to inconvenience its customers…

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