The public in Trafalgar Square London recently began a new project where each individual can be part of the living statue. Here’s how it works, every hour for 100 days different people will be hoisted up onto a plinth that stands about 6.7 metres high, and each person can do whatever they like in this time.
I’ve not had much time to think about the project but I imagine it’s just for a bit of fun, and is trying to bring people together. The plinth has been housing contemporary art works for the past ten years, and was vacant prior to 1999 so Antony Gormley’s took it upon himself to use this space as a tool. The ‘One and Other’ project began on 6th July and involves 2,400 members of the public being chosen randomly from 18,000 applicants to create this piece of art, if you can call it that!
Members of the public are able to have their ‘15 minutes of fame [x4]’ on this plinth and can show off any talents they have, singing, drawing, acting etc with an audience present.
I think the concept of using people in a public place this way is creative and dramatic, along with giving individuals the opportunity to be creative and make a name for themselves. The audience will not know what to expect from each statue, but gives them the chance to discover the different people living in their community. Sheer entertainment seems like another good reason for starting a project like this, and I think it’s only inevitable that somebody will eventually get on this plinth naked and try to steal the show!
I’ve not had much time to think about the project but I imagine it’s just for a bit of fun, and is trying to bring people together. The plinth has been housing contemporary art works for the past ten years, and was vacant prior to 1999 so Antony Gormley’s took it upon himself to use this space as a tool. The ‘One and Other’ project began on 6th July and involves 2,400 members of the public being chosen randomly from 18,000 applicants to create this piece of art, if you can call it that!
Members of the public are able to have their ‘15 minutes of fame [x4]’ on this plinth and can show off any talents they have, singing, drawing, acting etc with an audience present.
I think the concept of using people in a public place this way is creative and dramatic, along with giving individuals the opportunity to be creative and make a name for themselves. The audience will not know what to expect from each statue, but gives them the chance to discover the different people living in their community. Sheer entertainment seems like another good reason for starting a project like this, and I think it’s only inevitable that somebody will eventually get on this plinth naked and try to steal the show!
*Photograph taken by Peter Macdiarmid
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