One & Other

Description: Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person will step up to the Fourth Plinth and help make a living ... more

One & Other ... portrait of the UK. You can watch it all on a webcam. What do you make of Anthony Gormley's artwork for empty plinth in Trafalger square? Would the money have been better used preserving Boris Johnson in formaldehyde?

Newest Review: ... and remained without a statue, as they had run out of funding! Then in the late 1990's a few pieces were commissioned to be displayed on it temporarily, and that has been the case ever since over the last decade. "One and other" is just another piece to go down in its history. There is a safety net attached around the plinth so its not dangerous, and a cherry-picker is used to swap ... more

... plinthers at the hour. The project is partnered with skyarts, and there is live streaming 24 hours a day - you can look on the website (www.oneandother.co.uk) to see who is up there and what they are doing. They have a highlights program once a week ...more

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One & Other: What you going to do on a plinth for an hour?? Strangely ent ... (579 words)
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"one & other" is an art project set up by artist/sculptor Antony Gormley. He is most famous for his piece, "the angel of the north" - a huge steel sculpture of an angel which is stood on a hill overlooking the A1 in tyneside. ABOUT This summer from July 2009 to october 2009, Gormley is recruiting 2400 random members of the public (chosen from a number of people who have applied) to each spend one hour recurrently - every hour, 24 hours a day, on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar square, London. The person on the plinth can do whatever they choose - the purpose of the project is to create a living monument reflecting todays ... Read the complete review

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