03 August,2011 10:36 AM IST | | ANI
Three New Yorkers have been arrested after they stripped on Wall St. as part of a performance art project
After disrobing in front of the New York Stock Exchange about 7 a.m., the trio was taken to the 1st Precinct stationhouse in Tribeca, after which they were each released with a summons, police said.
Artist Zefrey Throwell had gathered 50 people on Wall Street as part of a performance art event called "Ocularpation: Wall Street" where participants posed as traders, janitors and secretaries.
Throwell said he was inspired by his 65-year-old mother's loss of most of her retirement savings during the Wall St. crash, which forced her to return to work.
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"I came up with this as an educational project to help illuminate the mysterious wheels of Wall St. It's not just a strip tease," the New York Daily News quoted him as saying
The nudity represented the transparency Throwell believes Wall St. needs.
"People loved it. It was a ludicrous event," he stated.
Eric Clinton Anderson, 32, a Brooklyn artist was one of the men apprehended by cops.
"It was pretty hard to keep a straight face," he said.
But Anderson, who was detained by police for an hour and a half before getting a summons, said he was motivated by serious anger at financial execs.
"I think it's pretty interesting Wall St. guys can do what they've done, and nobody goes to jail," he added.
