Our route through London often includes running through Trafalgar Square and over the years we have been entertained by the different temporary sculptures on the Fourth Plinth. From 1841 until 1999 there was nothing on the Fourth Plinth in the north-west of Trafalgar Square, and it was sometimes referred to as the 'empty plinth'. So we were very interested in what comes next, after the less than inspring Thomas Schütte’s sculpture Model for a Hotel 2007 ( see above).
Antony Gormley’s proposal ONE AND OTHER is that the Fourth Plinth is occupied for 100 consecutive days, 24 hours a day, by members of the public who have volunteered to stand on it for an hour at a time. 2,400 people will be able to participate. We have put our names down.
Through putting a person onto the plinth, the body apparently becomes a metaphor, a symbol. In the context of Trafalgar Square with its military, valedictory and male historical statues, this elevation of everyday life to the position formerly occupied by monumental art allows us to reflect on the diversity, vulnerability and particularity of the individual in contemporary society.
Well I'm not sure about all, that but the previous Gormley scultures in London definitely allowed people to make some new friends.
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