"We charge no fees for viewing our artwork, all our videos are distributed freely on the web, the spectators to our performances are always spontaneous passersby, and we never sell tickets to our 'shows.' Our performances are always illegal, staged only in unpredictable locations and public places not designed for traditional entertainment".
It must seen difficult for a younger generation, steeped nowadays in sex, to realise that in the 1950s nudism was illegal on stage.
Although mass protests are still rare in China, where it's illegal to stage a protest without an official permit, the news of this particular demonstration wasn't all that surprising, as there have been a number of environmental protests in recent years.
A police statement posted on the Web site of Bahrain's state news agency acknowledged that there had been clashes "following an illegal demonstration staged after the funeral of Ali Hassan al-Daihi".
Many people still adore him, but many are offended not just by his audacity but also by his insistence that what happened in 2001 was an illegal coup staged by the country's elite.
Erica Garner – the brave daughter of Eric Garner, who died this July when police officer Daniel Pantaleo restrained him in an illegal chokehold – staged a "die-in" last week outside the storefront where her father said his last words: "I can't breathe".
"We never accept money for our performances … we only stage illegal performances in unexpected public places".
Most got off with administrative fines rather than the 15-day jail sentences often doled out to those who stage illegal protests.
When the central government urged local authorities to liberalise taxi licences and Rome's cab drivers staged illegal and violent protests, Mr Veltroni handled them with kid gloves.
Tonight, state-controlled television reported that seven opposition party members had been arrested in the town of Ndola, where they were accused of staging illegal demonstrations.
