Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 6, 2011.
Please join us on September 14th at the Dead Sea for an environmental float with Spencer Tunick and www.saveoursea.org.il
Details can be found at: www.indiegogo.com/deadsea or at: https://www.facebook.com/events/476815572334048/
http://www.indiegogo.com/deadsea
I am pleased to announce that we have recently hit our initial funding goal on Indiegogo thanks to a generous contribution by the environmental photographer Roie Galitz http://www.roiegalitz.com/ who signed up as an Executive Sponsor for the Float. We are still looking for additional supporters and would like your help. More importantly we want you to join us at the Dead Sea for the event - so please book your slot and sign up through our campaign. http://www.indiegogo.com/deadsea
Thanks - Ari
We are happy to announce that registration for the Environmental Float is now live. If you are planning to attend the event on September 14th please go to the site and register to attend. You can purchase bus tickets from here.
http://www.indiegogo.com/deadsea
To all the Spencer Tunick installation's' participants - the yearly event (2012)
Spencer Tunick is returning to Israel. Please join him on September 14th at the Dead Sea. https://www.facebook.com/events/476815572334048/
It has been nearly 1 year since you helped Spencer Tunick achieve his historic art installation at the Dead Sea. Your participation resulted in many key accomplishments:
Unfortunately the battle is not yet over and the Dead Sea is still in danger. After many years of hard work on this project and repeated interactions with the Regional Councils of the Dead Sea (Tamar & Megilot) & the Dead Sea Works, we are convinced that if matters are left in their hands the Dead Sea will be ruined.
It is for these reasons that Spencer Tunick has decided to return to Israel and to the Dead Sea. He is partnering with the grassroots organization "Save Our Sea" www.saveoursea.org.il who is focused on the unique medical/healing properties of the Dead Sea that people from all over the world depend on. Each year they hold an annual Dead Sea Float to raise international awareness. This year they have decided to hold their event around the same time of the 1 year anniversary of our installation. Spencer is coming to Israel for this event and we would like you to join him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Details on the Dead Sea Float on September 14th can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/476815572334048/
Some recent press about this can be seen at:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4261829,00.html
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/390/473.html?hp=1&cat=459&loc=3
Please help us by looking at the link on Facebook and by clicking attending. We would like to bring thousands of people to the Dead Sea and need your active participation. Please help spread the word.
Sincerely,
Shlomit Yarkoni & Ari Fruchter: Naked Sea www.nakedsea.info
Jon Sekular: Save Our Sea www.saveoursea.org.il
לכל משתתפי מיצג ספנסר טוניק - אירוע השנה למיצג ים המלח (2012)
בואו תצטרפו אלינו בים המלח ב 14 לספטמבר - ספנסר טוניק חוזר לישראל.
https://www.facebook.com/events/476815572334048
עברה כמעט שנה מאז שעזרת לספנסר טוניק לעשות את המיצג ההיסטורי בים המלח. כתוצאה מהמיצג ההוא הושגו הרבה הישגים:
* ספנסר ייצר את אחת מעבודות האמנות הטובות שלו בישראל.
* כל כלי התקשורת בעולם כתבו על ישראל ועל המיצג - 500 מייליון אנשים מרחבי הגלובוס ראו ידיעה חיובית על ישראל ולמדו על ים המלח והבעיות הסביבתיות באיזור.
* ספנסר צוטט בכלי התקשורת מכל העולם על אהבתו לישראל, לעם בישראל ומחויבותו להגנת הסביבה
* הצלחנו להעלות את ים המלח להיות אחד מעשר המקומות הכי מופלאים בעולם
* מפלגת שס והבית היהודי לא הצליחו למנוע את הצילום
* הקמפיין של ספנסר טוניק להצלת ים המלח הביא את המדינה, בהובלת משרד התיירות, להחליט שיש צורך לפעול מהר יותר להצלת ים המלח.
לצערנו המאבק להצלת ים המלח עדיין לא הסתיים והים עדיין בסכנת היעלמות. הארגונים הסביבתיים נלחמים על הנושא כבר שנים רבות. הם עושים זאת בשיתוף פעולה עם משרדי הממשלה השונים ועם המועצות המקומיות (מגילות ותמר) - אך מהם לא תבוא הישועה...אנחנו, האזרחים עם הארגונים הסביבתיים צריכים להמשיך את המאבק עד שיבינו שללא פעולה מהירה ומקיפה ים המלח ייעלם לתמיד.
זו הסיבה שספנסר טוניק החליט לחזור לישראל ולים המלח: המחויבות שלו להצלת ים המלח לא הסתיימה במיצג אלא ממשיכה. ולכן אנחנו חוברים לארגון קטן שנקרא "הצל את הים שלנו" שנאבק על הצלת ים המלח לטובתם של כל החולים שמגיעים להירפא בים המלח מכל העולם. זו השנה השלישית שארגון זה עורך אירוע ציפה למען הצלת הים. השנה הם החליטו לערוך את אירוע הציפה באותו זמן שנערך המיצג שנה שעברה וספנסר החליט להצטרף אליהם.
ספנסר מגיע לישראל במיוחד לאירוע הציפה!!! בואו תצטרפו אלינו לאירוע זה וביחד נעשה שינוי.
קיצת עיתונות על הנושא:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4261829,00.html
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/390/473.html?hp=1&cat=459&loc=3
עיזרו לנו ואשרו את בואכם בדף הפייסבוק של האירוע. אנחנו רוצים שאלפים ישתתפו באירוע - אז אנא, חיתמו ובואו. כמו כן, נשמח אם תפיצו את האירוע.
תודה רבה,
ארי פרוכטר ושלומית ירקוני - www.nakedsea.info
ג'ון סקולר - הצל את הים שלנו - www.saveoursea.org.il
July 29, 2012
Press release
A year after the famous installation:
Spencer Tunick returning to Israel to support campaign to rescue Dead Sea
The renowned photographer will participate in mass floating session to rescue the Dead Sea and support patients around the world who need it desperately
The event will take place on September 14, 9 a.m. at the Ein Bokek Public Beach - The public is welcome
Activist and visitors will go in the water for mass floating event
Spencer Tunick is returning to the Dead Sea for a mass floating event to raise awareness of the disappearance of the Dead Sea. Tunick will participate in the event and possibly photograph it.
The event by the “Save our Sea” group, taking place for the third year, will be held on Friday, September 14, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Ein Bokek Public Beach. At that time environmental activists and concerned citizens from all over the world will go into the Dead Sea and float in it together – a unique experience that can only happen in this unique body of water.
The group nude photographs taken last year and the stir they created helped raise awareness of the deteriorating state of the singular natural treasure. In response to the outpour of reactions, Tunick decided to join this year's special protest event to raise awareness of the Dead Sea's disappearance.
It will be the third Dead Sea Float, whose purpose is to send the message that the Dead Sea is not only a natural treasure but also a source of cure for patients throughout the world who need it desperately. Nobody has the right to destroy it.
Save our Sea is a group of activists suffering from various diseases such as psoriasis, who rely on the unique climate of the Dead Sea area and its characteristic curative attributes to treat their skin diseases. The patients are concerned about the grave state of the Dead Sea and fear for their health if it continues to deteriorate.
Says John Sekulow, co-founder of Save Our Sea: “The Dead Sea is necessary for the health and quality of life of psoriasis patients in Israel and around the world. We fear the day when millions of patients cannot get the treatment they need because of its disappearance."
For further information: Anat Rosilio 054-464-5309, Hila Aloni 054-245-7680
Find us on:
http://www.facebook.com/events/476815572334048/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/373525305133/
www.saveoursea.org.il
For Spencer Tunick’s historic Dead Sea installation: www.nakedsea.info
Funding period
Apr 26, 2011 -
Jun 6, 2011
49 backers
Join the mailing list for the project and receive status updates
182 backers
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
95 backers
All the above + Signed flyer from the Dead Sea installation
81 backers
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).
215 backers
All the above + Signed 5x6 inch limited edition photograph of one of Spencer Tunick's artworks created at the Dead Sea.
2 backers
All the above + a signed video collection of Spencer’s documentaries (Naked States & Naked World)
29 backers
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.
17 backers
All the above + credit as a sponsor on the installation website. (You can choose to be an anonymous sponsor as well.)
9 backers Limited (11 of 20 left)
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.)
