Happenings, Cor Jaring, 1967

gelatin silver print, h 205mm × w 254mm More details
© Erven Cor Jaring/Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

In 1967 the Dutch Society for Sexual Reform (N.V.S.H.) organized the so-called Sekssoos (sex club) for young people. The Erotic Laboratory held a happening there at which nude women performed sheathed in transparent plastic and covered in body paint or other decorations. The photograph at the left was taken in an artist’s studio: the painted women’s bodies and silver foil decor, together with a fog machine, created quite a spectacle.