For shoot, artist picks Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- American artist Spencer Tunick has photographed and filmed masses of people in the nude in dozens of public places from Finland to Australia, and now he is looking for at least 2,000 volunteers in Venezuela.
Organizers said Tunick had chosen a street in Caracas for his human art installation, and was asking volunteers to show up and strip on Sunday morning.
"I chose a location to me that was beauty and chaos combined -- organized chaos," Tunick said Thursday. "I'd probably be arrested for doing this and charged with a crime in half of the United States, so I'm honored to be here in Caracas and not be arrested."
The New York artist has been documenting assemblages of naked people in public places since 1992, and has been arrested multiple times in the United States while doing so.
"It's a wonderful thing for a city and a country to give some honor to the body as an art object," Tunick said. "For me, it's all about the body as a substance, as an organic substance."
Tunick said it often was hard to predict exactly how many people would show up. He recalled that when he traveled to Chile, he only expected about 800 people to participate, but more than 4,000 showed up.
As for Caracas, he said, "Hopefully, I'll get over 2,000 [participants]. I really need 2,000 people to make this sculpture happen."