Festivals - Part 32

 Frequency Festival 2013

The Frequency Festival is a music festival in Austria promoted by radio station FM4.  The first festival was held in 2001 near Salzburg, and in 2009 the festival moved to St. Pölten.

The 2013 festival was graced by the presence of the Naked Heart project, the brainchild of photographer Gerrit Starczewski.  In 2010 a young man streaked at a festival and the crowd was delighted.  Starczewski decided to bring a group of naked people to festivals to form a giant heart shape, to make the viewers feel happy and free, which he called the Naked Heart project.  Above are the Naked Heart participants at the 2013 Frequency Festival.

Some of the Naked Heart people carry hearts to symbolize love.

A picture of sweet love.

The Naked Heart people wandered around the festival.  There were naked men and women, but of course, I've concentrated on the men.

Here are a couple of them at the festival campground next to the river.

Here are a bunch of them lying in the sun.

And, of course, they posed for Starczewski, front ...

and rear.

I think these guys are just riding on the little cart.  Or maybe the guy in back is demonstrating his love.

These guys are taking a break in the stands.

Starczewski made them form a giant peace symbol.

Then they were gathered at one side of a plaza.  The things they're holding are glitter bombs – giant packets of glitter.

And then they ran across the plaza, throwing the glitter in the air.

The Naked Heart group also appeared at other festivals, so we may see them again.