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All the above + Personal email of thanks from Spencer Tunick with behind the scenes photos from the Dead Sea taken by Spencer and his crew
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All the above + Signed flyer from the Dead Sea installation
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All the above + Collection of 3 signed limited edition cards from Spencer Tunick's archive. These cards have color images on both sides. Images on the cards include recent works from: Sydney, Australia (2010); Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland (2007); Miami Beach, Florida (2007); Spence Hot Springs, New Mexico (2001); Harlem, NY (2000).
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All the above + Signed 5x6 inch limited edition photograph of one of Spencer Tunick's artworks created at the Dead Sea.
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All the above + a signed video collection of Spencer’s documentaries (Naked States & Naked World)
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Signed 8x10 inch limited edition photograph of one of Spencer Tunick's artworks created at the Dead Sea. The retail price for a work this size is around $1,500.00. Recently a similar 8x10 inch print, from his installation in Switzerland on Aletsch Glacier, sold at Auction for approximately $8,000.00! http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail.aspx?sn=UK000110&lotnum=174 We feel this level is a good investment. This is great for the first time art collector and for fans of Spencer, that really want to make a difference and help move the numbers significantly higher towards the goal! Pledge one level higher ($1000.00) and you will receive a 5x6 inch print as well as the 8x10. They will be different images.
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All the above + credit as a sponsor on the installation website. (You can choose to be an anonymous sponsor as well.)
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MAKE IT HAPPEN! Pre buy a signed 30x37 inch limited edition print from the Israel installation + an invitation for you and a guest to a private party for Spencer in Israel & NY + credit as a sponsor on the installation website. You just want this historic installation to happen and have faith that the artist will make compelling & powerful works. The artist funded his Naked States project http://www.salon.com/people/story/1999/06/21/tunick and his Naked World project http://www.nakedworlddoc.com/naked_world.html in this manner and both projects were completed and were very successful. The artist will choose one of the photographs made at the Dead Sea and make an edition of 20 at 30x37 inches. The work is a C-print and is unframed. The retail price for a work this size and edition is $6,000.00 - $7,500.00. This is a great opportunity to collect Spencer's large scale limited edition works at a discounted price + fund this project to success!!! (You can choose to be an anonymous sponsor as well.)
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Connected as Ari Leon Fruchter (2841 friends)
I've lived in NY, Paris, Milan, Israel, Seattle, Philadelphia, but Tel Aviv is home.
I've been a fashion designer, entrepreneur, lecturer, venture capitalist, and hi-tech executive.
I'm interested in art & culture and spend a lot of my free time engaged in the Israeli Art Scene as an active Board Member of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art & the Backstagers.
I travel a lot and am always up for a good adventure.
I am leading Spencer Tunick's Naked Sea Installation at the Dead Sea.
For more details PM Ari Fruchter on FB
I've received my backers pack ($100 pledge). I love Spencer works and I feel proud to have helped back the Dead Sea Installation. Thanks a lot!
I've received my backers pack ($100 pledge) I too am very very happy, was hoping for pics of installations I was in, Manchester or Newcastle but I know they were picked at random and I feel proud to have helped back the Dead Sea Installation, Spencer I still want you to come to my city! Thank you for doing the work you do!
Reveived my package of goodies today ($100 pledge) . I'm a very happy! Thanks Ari, and Spencer and his team.
Paid $100. Goodies promised. Received nothing.
As a participant in the Dead Sea installation, I experienced an other-worldly atmosphere of serenity and silence (except for the aerial intruders). Thank you for making this happen and showcasing the disappearance of Israel's and the world's major wonder - the Dead Sea. It was unforgettable.
Dear Ari-san, It was so great to meet you face to face finally! The installation was not easy, but that makes it all the more special and precious! (Plus, it was a real fun ;-)
Great that more shooting sessions were possible in other locations. Looking forward to seeing the process videos and final Baby in 4 months time. Yoshiko Sophia from Geneva
Too bad I couldn't join this time; but the pics will be great, I'm sure. I found a series of photos here http://www.stern.de/panorama/us-fotograf-spencer-tunick-blank-ziehen-fuer-das-tote-meer-1728904-821373e9a320ce8b.html
I just saw the first impressions in a Belgian newspaper.... It looks very nice!
My first installation was Viena, then Sydney. It was like a holiday art event. I met nice people and the installation was perfect and nicely organized. You have shown a good hand for such installations, the incredibly beautiful designs. Keep it up! Kay from Hamburg
I have taken part in 2 installations, Newcastle/Manchester, I think your work is great and have enjoyed it both times, I am most definitely not a nudist and these were the only times I have felt good about showing my body. When speaking to other women during the installation it became clear this was a way of them being proud and not embarrassed about their bodies. I think what goes on during the installations is far more than just art.
Love your work Spencer, I still hope one day for you to come and have an installation in Preston x
I actually participated in a nudist activity at the Dead Sea. I look forward to being part of a Spencer Tunick work.
Spencer, I love your work, and have been a fan for 15 years. Being a photographer and Massage Therapist I have a great appreciation for the human body, and you capture it beautifully. I support you continued efforts to create such unique art. Hopefully, some day, I will be honored with modeling for you!
Gina C.
Tacoma, WA
OK Spencer I've watched enough of your HBO projects to be able to want to support future work. Though I know you had some problems with nudists on one shoot I still feel at the core of your projects are nudists. I know there are many first timers and others having cathartic experiences at your shoots I was not a nudist when I first saw one of your shoots but I am now and I did want to come out in some way to support your work!
Jeff G.
Minneapolis
OK Spencer I've watched enough of your HBO projects to be able to want to support future work. Though I know you had some problems with nudists on one shoot I still feel at the core of your projects are nudists. I know there are many first timers and others having cathartic experiences at your shoots I was not a nudist when I first saw one of your shoots but I am now and I did want to come out in some way to support your work!
Jeff G.
Minneapolis