Those naktivities in Münsterland in June / July, which had to be abandoned or cancelled, are now put onto the agenda again at end of August expecting more stable weather conditions. We were not only lucky having pretty good summer weather, but also could enjoy our nude performance as a gift to inhabitants of Münster (Westf.) and visitors, who were attracted by “Sculpture Projects Münster 2017”.
Eleven nudes enter the bridge and move slowly to the center.
The middle of the bridge is reached. They all turn clockwise and show the letters “LEBENSWERT.” [en: WORTH_LIVING.] – the motto of the city of Münster.
After about half a minute, all naturists turn around and show the lettering “NATÜRLICH.” [en: NATURAL(LY).] and the logo of the City of Münster. Naturism is just natural. We have to calm down the security guys, who are in red t-shirts: 'We are doing an art project here!'
Change of position. In order to be able to read our inscriptions from the other side of the harbour, we have to change the order of the naturists. The security guys take care, that we do everything right.
Now, we are the other way round, and people on the waterside with lots of restaurants finally read: 'LEBENSWERT.' [en: WORTH_LIVING.], while from the other side now, “.HCILRÜTAN” can be seen from left to right, i.e. correct from right to left.
Once again, we turned around to show people in the restaurants: Naturism is “NATÜRLICH” [en: NATURAL(LY)]. The photographer on the other side now sees “.TREWSNEBEL” from left to right, correct again from right to left.
In all 4 positions, we have stayed for about half a minute. Now, our message has been understood and we are going back to the waterside. There is applause. Thank you!
After the performance, one of us answered questions of a young family about what they just saw. The three children at the age of 4, 6, and 8 years really liked it, and their parents as well.
Münster is LEBENSWERT, they all here know it, so they live here, NATÜRLICH!
– Photos: Thomas