Naked VULNERABLE humanity on New Year's Day: Human Body Project goes outside (media release)

Victoria-based artist, mother, and professor, Tasha Diamant, says she has long believed that the Human Body Project needs to go outside, beyond protest-inspired performance in an enclosed space to artistic protest in the outside world.

Says Diamant: "I had thought that it would occur spontaneously, like when people started to join me at performances. But that hasn't happened and the key message of cultural change through understanding and viscerally feeling vulnerability is more important than ever."

Diamant created her challenging work to address "these times of great urgency, where our cultural, neurobiological patterns are the actual cause of our march to destruction."

The Human Body Project (humanbodyproject.com) is Diamant's effort to kickstart human evolution. She shares an intense experience of abiding in vulnerability by appearing naked, authentic, and unscripted at public Human Body Project events.

As seen at the Victoria Fringe, 2011 and 2010:

"This is the most relevant and powerful work at the Fringe." Monday Mag, 2011.

"Everyone should attend a session of The Human Body Project at least once." culturevulturevictoria.com, 2011

WHERE/WHEN/WHAT

The first outside Human Body Project will take place on New Year's Day, 2012, Gyro Park/Cadboro Bay Beach, Victoria

Diamant and at least ten confirmed supporters will gather at the octopus at 11:30 AM to prepare stand to naked with a letter painted on their bodies. (Clothed supporters with a letter on a poster board may join them.)

Ready for photography about noon

The human bodies will spell: "VULNERABLE" (to be confirmed). If enough people show up, they will spell the phrase: "VULNERABLE BODIES VULNERABLE PLANET"

Further such outside Human Body Project artistic protests are planned throughout the year to take place in more challenging locales (possibly downtown, along the Trans-Canada, etc.).

Here is a link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/265285650197098/

HBP Outside on New Yr's Day: Helpers Needed

For some time I have believed that the Human Body Project needs to go outside.

I.e. beyond protest-inspired performance art in an enclosed space to artistic protest in the outside world.

I had thought that it would occur spontaneously, like when people join me at performances.

But that hasn't happened and the key message/teaching/learning of cultural change through understanding vulnerability and feeling/being vulnerable is more important than ever.

My idea (to start):

• Standing with other naked people outside on the first day of 2012. I am not brave enough to do this on my own.
• On our chests/bellies will be painted a letter. I need enough people so that we spell out VULNERABLE BODIES VULNERABLE PLANET. (I am also thinking of painting this phrase on the back of our bodies: BODY: WE'RE ALL IN ONE   PLANET: WE'RE ALL ON ONE).
• I would like to do the first of these on New Year's Day and then other days throughout the year (to be worked out later).
• I would like the first one to take place at a beach (I'm thinking Cadboro Bay but am open to other suggestions). I see the next ones taking place in more challenging locales (like downtown and along the Trans-Canada).

I need:

• People to come and be naked and have a letter painted on their chest. If I get fewer than 35 volunteers (for the phrase above) I will modify the written message.
• I need photographers and videographers (preferably two of each).
• More help with organizing, period (not my forte).

Time and place:

• I'm thinking Cadboro Bay beach: meet up at 11:30 AM. In place for noon. To be confirmed.

You're interested in being part of this:

• If you are on Facebook, please reply via the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/265285650197098/