Sky Arts - Antony Gormley’s One & Other

One & Other was artist Antony Gormley’s extraordinary commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square where over 100 days, from 6 July – 14 October 2009, 2,400 people from around the UK took their turn occupying the plinth continuously for an hour each. The ‘plinthers’ helped create a unique living monument, collectively termed ‘a portrait of Britain’.

With the help our our creative partners Artichoke, we took the project to a global audience through an interactive website with 24 hour live multicamera webstream and a weekly television highlights show presented live from Trafalgar Square.

So, who was on the plinth?
   1,210 men and 1,190 women
   Youngest plinther was 16 years old, oldest 84
   95 pensioners and 131 teenagers
   127 teachers and 332 students
   1 person had to be rescued
   3 people jumped off
   11 proposals of marriage, one declined
   13 people bared all on the plinth, one was told to put his pants back on…

One & Other - the offical book
The One & Other book contains studio portraits of all the ‘plinthers’ prior to their appearance as we capture the emotional intensity and the personally transformative effect that was created by one of the most extraordinary works of public art in our time.

CLICK THIS WAY FOR THE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF ONE & OTHER ON OUR DEDICATED ONE & OTHER WEBSITE >>

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Trevor Sherman

Mon 6 July 2009, 08:25

Your email link above doe not appear to work. See error message I just received:
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Trevor Sherman

Mon 6 July 2009, 08:25

Hi I’m an August Plinther. Where do I find a live stream of the fourth plinth One & Other project?

Trevor Sherman

Mon 6 July 2009, 10:11

Answering my own question - the live feed has started at: http://www.oneandother.co.uk/

Froggy

Mon 6 July 2009, 11:21

The webcam is not live and behaving oddly jmping back and forth - circular icon stops and starts- is this broadband speed (6.2 Mbps) or the server?

Ann

Mon 6 July 2009, 13:33

Loving Steve Platt’s hour, funny guy

Fugitive Ink

Mon 6 July 2009, 17:45

Does the oneandother site need a better server or something? I can’t get it to do anything at all. Or maybe it somehow recognises that I’m not a major Gormley fan?

Jenni

Wed 8 July 2009, 19:38

I agree with Froggy and Furgitive Ink, the oneandanother live feed isn’t working. Its extremely laggy, could your tech guys give thier tech guys the heads up on technology please
I really like the concept of the project but have yet to see it in action!

Virginia Bradstreet

Thu 9 July 2009, 11:00

Absolutely agree with Froggyand Jenni the live feed is shocking even in sunny Australia!!!

Woody

Fri 10 July 2009, 15:33

Thought it was my computer, the live feed is really jumpy

minnie fromamsterdam

Fri 10 July 2009, 15:39

where do i find a video of the woman doing tai chi on the plinth?

chrislove

Fri 10 July 2009, 16:58

iwas 4th on the 4th plinth
my animation (dampene by rain) is now at
http://www.wea.org.uk/weanews/peacefulcampaigner.htm

Bruce M

Fri 10 July 2009, 19:06

The highlights programme with Clive Anderson just shown on Sky Arts was really dreadful and annoying - lots of waffle while the people on the plinth were barely shown at all, and when they briefly were it was accompanied by patronising comments from Clive Anderson

Notta

Sat 11 July 2009, 00:42

I’ve started documenting my observations on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/oneandother/discuss/72157621108130149/
Feel free to add your own observations.

Jan James

Sat 11 July 2009, 02:48

Hi Ali
I am really pleased to see you there. Look forward to seeing your pictures
I wonder if it’s very cold and lonely

Sara Taylor

Sat 11 July 2009, 19:20

COULD ANTHONY GORMLEY PLEASE STEP BACK AND GIVE OTHER ARTISTS A CHANCE TO BE IN THE SPOT LIGHT FOR ONCE? THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO FIND NEW TALENT.

Lynne

Sat 11 July 2009, 21:45

Minnie from Amsterdam - was it the tai chi plinth spot on 8th July you wanted to find?

Jim Lewis

Sun 12 July 2009, 20:55

How exactly is allowing 2400 people to participate in a piece of artwork with international coverage self-indulgent?

Michael

Mon 13 July 2009, 12:49

really a dumb exercise not any kind of art in my book

muddy

Wed 15 July 2009, 20:47

lovin lu just now on the plinth peggin on the pics and chattin to her mam on the mobile “hello mum”

Rita Warwick

Thu 16 July 2009, 13:10

live site not working

Jon C

Fri 17 July 2009, 16:43

I hope they show Bedbox - truly touched my heart, that one. Funny too - amazing outfit!

Lionesskeeper

Mon 20 July 2009, 13:15

Tim Marlow did a great job presenting this on Friday. Would love to see him do more with this particular project :D

Frustrated

Wed 22 July 2009, 15:38

I’m really annoyed at not being able to see the live feed, as I’m sure many others are. Can something please be done to rectify it?

Landlady

Fri 24 July 2009, 08:13

my live stream is excellent most of the time, and just to say… Piehead.. was ace !!!!

Chelsea

Fri 24 July 2009, 22:35

Thoroughly enjoyed watching Brian Lonsdale’s show today. He had a message we should all listen to. I’ll be signing the petition for LDN at LDNNow.com

Sally

Mon 27 July 2009, 11:32

Hi Jean, just wanted to wish you best of luck for early hours wed. am. Really look forward to seeing your big cardigan. So exciting!! lots of luv xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Carolyn

Wed 29 July 2009, 16:01

How can I see the semaphore woman?

Peter

Thu 30 July 2009, 21:27

Hi I would like to apply to do my bit for the hour but not sure how the dates work. If I wanted to apply for September should I aply before the 1 st Aug? Or should it be after te 1st Aug? I am not sure?

Mary

Fri 31 July 2009, 08:17

Help!!
What can I do to watch the recording of Andrew, who was on the plinth at 3pm on Wed 29th July? I can see the one before him, the one after indeed any others I click on. All I get is a black screen with that circle going round!!
Driving me mad!!

NJM

Mon 3 August 2009, 16:09

The highlights show is much better when Tim Marlow presents it. Clive Anderson is too busy being clever with the studio guest and, as someone else said, being patronising about the plinthers. Tim every week, please!

Kevin Bennett

Tue 4 August 2009, 10:38

Can’t someone do something to increase the sound volume of the participants on the plinth ?

Its barely audible as it is.

rosemary rimmer clay petitions.pm.gov.uk/promote m

Wed 5 August 2009, 22:24

Hi, are the live shows on sky on fridays viewable after the event?

Sheila

Fri 21 August 2009, 13:25

Is it possible to download the web video stream of myself on the plinth, or buy a copy?

Papoose

Mon 24 August 2009, 16:04

Is it possible to download a good quality web video stream of myself on the plinth...not sure about buying a copy...would be nicer if plinthers were presented with a copy for participating!! After all it did cost some of us (having disability issues) to get there and back by taxi at an unearthly hour!

tagzee

Thu 17 September 2009, 20:29

I couldnt get on the plinth, so i created my art under the plinth, you can see what i made on you tube under tagzee

Natalie

Sat 3 October 2009, 15:14

I Love the Plinth!

Neville

Mon 12 October 2009, 10:46

I seem to have lost the sound and can’t get it back. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

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