Kind of like The Smurfs, only human and naked.
The city of Hull in England was overrun with naked people painted blue for the purposes of a Spencer Tunick art installation.
Estimates from the Hull Daily Mail suggest that over 3,000 people stripped off and blued up for the event, which involved seven giant nude photos in the city centre. The installation is called ‘Sea of Hull’.
While it might sound amusing, some of the images that can be found on Twitter are actually quite mesmerising.
'A sea of humanity, flooding the urban landscape'. #seaofhull, what a wonderful experience, thank you @SpencerTunick pic.twitter.com/DFjLLE8OFR
— Dr Kay Sidebottom 🌿🕷⛸ (@KaySocLearn) July 9, 2016
'Spectacular' #SeaOfHull pictures as Spencer Tunick photographs 3,200 naked blue people https://t.co/v1ZgUxKuY4 pic.twitter.com/lmwS15jpsj
— TallulahTangle, Cat lady (@TallulahTangle) July 9, 2016
Looks like @marksandspencer meal deal proving popular this week, big queue from the early hours #seaofhull pic.twitter.com/i2AMQ9h6qu
— Tigerlink 🎗 (@HCAFCTigerlink) July 9, 2016
Never ending stream of people heading to the beautiful Scale Lane Bridge for the final shot #SeaofHull pic.twitter.com/Avkvsrns8E
— Hull City Council (@Hullccnews) July 9, 2016
All blued up & overjoyed at our naked, painted, utterly beautiful #SeaOfHull! I don't want to get dressed again.. pic.twitter.com/i8xYFRyQ67
— Flora Baker (@FloraBaker) July 9, 2016
Blue, naked and strutting around #Hull, best way to spend the morning #seaofhull pic.twitter.com/1LatGauBu8
— Phil Bell-Young (@Philby91) July 9, 2016
And this lovely aftermath shot, taken in a McDonald’s:
Post sea of hull breakfast #seaofhull pic.twitter.com/t4pebCqUa0
— warpy (@Lancashirewitch) July 9, 2016
