One & Other

06 July – 15 October 2009, Trafalgar Square, London

Antony Gormley’s marathon One & Other invited 2,400 ordinary people from all over the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for an hour each.

Watch Antony Gormley's One and Other: 100 Days from Stephen Archbold on Vimeo.

Antony Gormley invited Artichoke to produce his epic commission for Trafalgar Square’s ‘empty’ fourth plinth in July 2009. The idea: to place 2400 people from across the UK on the plinth for an hour each. Trafalgar Square is one of the most symbolic places in the country. By taking their place amongst military figures the ‘plinthers’ came to represent humanity itself.

One & Other was open to anyone who was over the age of 16 living or staying in the UK. A computer chose participants based a proportional geographical spread and a gender split.

Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days, 2400 people sang, campaigned, performed, undressed or simply stood on the plinth. Thousands watched them from the Square. Even more tuned in to watch the live stream on the website, provided by our partners Sky Arts.There were over 35,000 applicants for the 2400 slots. The website has received 8.8 million hits to date, by over 800,000 individuals.

One & Other will have a legacy beyond the summer of 2009. Random House is producing a 700-page book, which will be published in late 2010. The British Library is ensuring that the website will remain online for perpetuity and the Wellcome Trust will be archiving details of all participants. Not only was this the event of the summer; it will provide a snapshot of British society at the end of the decade.

You can find out more about Antony Gormley at www.antonygormley.com.

Website: www.oneandother.co.uk

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JCB
National Portrait Gallery
Philips
Cass Art
The Trafalgar Hotel
Urban Wimax
Water Wellpoint
Wellcome Trust

Anonymous
Annoushka Ayton
Lord and Lady Bernstein
Miel de Botton Aynsley
Cass Arts
Dominic Gamble
Candida and Zak Gertler

Paul Grabsky and Amanda Wilkie
Harry Marlow and Freddy Marlow
Anne McNally
Julian and Hermione Power
Nicola Reed
Ondine de Rothschild and Ariane Dandois
Maurice Segal
Nadja Swarovski
Sue Whiteley at Louis Vuitton
John Wynn

Operational partners

Westminster City Council
GLA/Trafalgar Square team
Unusual Services Ltd

Testimonials

I'm inspired by Antony Gormley's incredibly inclusive and fitting project. Until the 4th plinth, London's ceremonial artefacts were dominated by the ruling elite be they political or military. Gormley's One and Other finally celebrates the people themselves and puts them right up there, where they belong.
Journalist Jon Snow on One & Other

For me, if there is any proof that Gormley’s idea was worth pursuing it is the fact that, even today, some pundits have been rubbed up the wrong way by it. Don’t they understand that not all art has to be about the greatness of the artist, or in this case, even of those who want to get involved? Sometimes the point of art is to step outside – or above – daily life. To look differently at
things.
The Observer, 19 July 2009

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