Friday, April 18, 2008 - A woman carrying an infant casually removes all her clothing in the middle of a popular central Buenos Aires square and ambles about, oblivious to the stares of the crowds.
The woman was none other than “Avril X”, as she calls herself, who has repeated this scene on many other occasions in this city as well as the Argentinean resort of Mar del Plata since 2004. It’s all part of “Urbanudismo”, a photographic art project, featuring her and the reactions of the ordinary people who cross her path whilst she’s in a state of undress. While she’s gained a measure of fame through her live exhibits, it’s also resulted in her arrest several times, as public nudity isn’t legal in Argentina, a country which, however, boasts several nudist clubs.
Avril, a web designer, has never publicly claimed that she’s a nudist even though she spends a large part of her time naked, sometimes during interviews. Several prominent members of the nudist community in her country hissed that she’s an exhibitionist, not a nudist. A large number of photographs from the installations can be viewed free on her web site (in Spanish, requires registration).

Urbanudismo web site