A teen-age performance artist known as "Baby Vamp" sent shock waves through Chile by strolling naked down city streets in the conservative South American nation.

Sporting only sunglasses and a backpack, 17-year-old high school student Lucia Fernanda Flores went nude on short outings in the city center as part of a visual arts project.

Luizo Vega, organizer of the event said the so-called "Baby Vamp" project was a playful jab at Chile, aimed at provoking debate in this bastion of conservative Catholicism.