Naked State Part 1

Teresa Ascencao talks about Arts Unfold’s first Naked State Art Residency. In August 2016, thirteen artists from Australia, Finland, England, and across Canada and the USA spent a week creating artworks that explore the nude human body in context of nature, culture and art. (Part 1 of 2)

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Photo: Teresa Ascencao during Naked State 2016 – by Matt Hamon

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Episode LXXXV

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A Spencer Tunick Experience

An interview with Emma James (best known as Socks Off on Twitter) who was one of 3,000 people who participated in the Spencer Tunick installation organised on July 9th by the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, UK.Links to items mentioned in the show:

Photo: Emma James with Rod, a fellow naturist

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Episode LXXXIV

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Architecture of Nudism and Naturism

An interview with Sarah Schrank, associate professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, about her article on the architecture of nudism. Her article is as much a history of the nudist/naturist movement and the way its ideas and how it is practiced have changed over time.

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Photo: The Mason Family’s backyard from “The Private Life of a Nudist Family” in Nude Living Magazine #2, 1961.

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Episode LXXXIII

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2016 Update

An update about the future of the Naturist Living Show. And some reader comments! To summarize: The show will now benefits from the volunteer help of Sean Mitchell. There will be more regular episode although they may not be exactly on a monthly schedule. As well, we will limit the shows to a single topic which means that episodes may be shorter but more frequent.

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Photo: Naturist Living Show host Stéphane Deschênes in his recording studio, April 2015.

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Episode LXXXII
Note: this episode is correctly numbered but, with the publication of this episode, the last 4 episodes have been renumbered to be 78-81 because there were two episodes numbered 77.

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Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort

An interview with Morley Schloss who tells us about Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort. Recorded in February 2015 just before the start of the annual mid-winter naturist festival.

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Photo: Morley Schloss and Stéphane Deschênes at Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort, February 10, 2015.

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Episode LXXXI
Note: this episode was originally incorrectly identified as episode 80.

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