Tate Modern Week: Vanessa Beecroft interview at Gagosian Gallery exhibition opening

Tate Modern Week: Vanessa Beecroft interview at Gagosian Gallery exhibition opening; ENGLAND: London: Gagosian Gallery: EXT Entrance to gallery, staff outside / Guests arriving for opening of Vanessa Beecroft exhibition / Doormen / People arriving, waiting to be allowed entry INT Vanessa Beecroft (Artist) interview SOT - On why press were told to leave, models not allowed to be filmed, they are not supposed to move or perform anything but eventually they do / My requirements were to find British Irish looking type, some are, some are from Finland, most Americans or Canadians, second generation British - Why VB43? Just VB are my initials, 43 is the 43rd performance I did - I don't know the difference because I am aware of the opening of Tate but haven't seen any ... it is different yes because there is a much larger audience from all over the world - It's a group portrait, and based on... gave them some reference images like Elizabeth I, Vanessa Redgrave, Twiggy, different types of women, I asked casting woman to find this type of woman ... it's like a portrait of one person but they are 24 ... I wanted casting person to find type of woman you least like found naked or least expect to see naked, pale red head, freckles, but stripped - I never said it would be them because it's an artwork ... always change...they look alike - (Why 24?) I was after 25 and one was missing - The instruction is to be located in a specific position and then they can naturally move but mostly stand still and naturally still, plain, boyish, detached from the audience, not to establish any contact, visual, physical, verbal with the audience ... - One it's the cultural effect, the picture, the references, art, the second is these woman are alive, they are there, standing in a miserable condition for 2 hours ... how far one person takes art and the other takes that these are real people, girls naked