Pigeon racing

I believe the only way to watch this bit of madness is by watching straight through from the beginning. The professor is quite the character: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Rainbow Meat fleas. A nutter for sure! Gets a bit old around 20 mins in but pretty funny up to that point.

Inside the porta cabin beast

This is where the magic happened that allowed all of us to watch all over the world: www.flickr.com/photos/radeeboi/4016915521/

Ref

Sammy has been on a few best of lists. The ref presides over the square at 3am, maintaining order. Hilarious. Love this whole concept. First half sees a couple yellows and one ejection from the square. He even calls half time at about 35:40 in and takes some time for administrative work. Awesome.

Looking forward to the second half!

Enjoy here: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Sammy

Ok, second half gets really wild. In the 40s things really pick up. More bookings, some keepy uppy with a ball lost in the net - great stuff all around.

What the plinther saw

Finally a video that shows what the plinther sees in the porta cabin and approaching the plinth itself: vimeo.com/7021352

Such a great view as the JCB extends way up above the plinth before dropping you! TS from about 3 mins in.

Empty Plinth

Empty! www.flickr.com/photos/tiotoms/4016065045/in/set-72157622596932838/

Captain John - Guardian Angel of the Plinth

Some background: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7322347.stm

His hour: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/John_L

I like this article a lot

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6874457.ece

Plinth numbers

Some of the numbers in this article are astounding: www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23756267-bringing-an-end-to-100-days-on-the-plinth.do

7.5 million page impressions for an arts website? Over 720,000 people watching online. And then all the people who saw it live or on Sky Arts...amazing reach for the work of a sculptor.

Plinthers' words

Interesting takes from a few of the Plinthers: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8306923.stm

Heli in the square

It seems the first week had a helicopter in the square during this guy's plithing: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/JamesBT

He also dumps his bike in the net but I can't watch this official feed due to something going on with the archive. Check back soon!

Finger painting iPhone

Is this really done on an iPhone?? I like: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2009/jul/10/fourth-plinth-art

Gormley's words

I like what Gormley says in this video: blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/kateday/100004007/antony-gormleys-fourth-plinth-the-critics-just-missed-the-conversation/

There was something magical about it being uninterrupted and I would say the vigil aspect was amplified by the watchers and their participation through blogging, flickr, twitter, and showing up to watch in person. The fact that people went through rain and sun and clouds and night and cold and hot and perfect days just like a statue, enduring the whole time with little complaining that I saw is a testament to the positive nature of this project.

It was, and is, a shining moment in humanity where people of diverse interests came together to share an experience. Gormley gave the plinthers a chance to feel like they matter in a world that doesn't seem to care a bit about most people. And the participatory nature of the project allowed those of us who followed the chance to ride their coattails...to realize we all matter and have something to contribute. Those are the sorts of realizations that can bring people together and I think that is the enduring power of this project.

A new view of Trafalgar

With One & Other in a hurried state of dismantlement, a new view has been located by the twecklers: www.webviews.co.uk/network/camera/england/london/tragalgarsquare/streamingcam.html Seems mostly a wide shot but there are occasional zooms into the plinth and the work going on now. Empty plinth, a strange sight.

SkyArts Highlight reel

The plinth is now empty. Check highlights here: www.skyarts.co.uk/video/video-one-other-summer-2009/

The Last Plinther!

Just watched the JCB drop the last plinther on her post. As the tweckler stream runs strong and many in the square sport the 1&O t-shirt, evidence of their time on the plinth, the project winds down. Gormley has been mingling in the crowd as news crews interview him.

Shortly into this downer of a closer Captain John even looks sad. As tweckler Radeeboi astutely observes, "Even John is losing the will to live." What a way to close One & Other. Hoping for a formal wrap up by Gormley. Perhaps I'll nap until then.

Lights up

And the lights come up on London with only one plinther left to take the ride up. So many there for sunrise and the wrap of One & Other!!! Anthony himself has written the last official blog post. Plinthers past should be heading to Trafalgar for the informal party in the square. How long will the feed cover past the 9am end???

The twecklers are out in force now!

For Amos

Found the one you mentioned: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/miren_m

Haven't watched yet but just from reading the profile sounds like this could be a rare treat.

My last moment on the plinth?

Thanks to several plinthers who have opened their time to messages from the public, and the interactivity of watching the plinth live in Trafalgar Square, I've been able to participate in the plinth. Not as good as being on the plinth but hey, you've got to take what you can get. About 15:30 mins into one of the final plinthers, I got one last shout-out in for my favorite plinthing buddies: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Katherine_L

Thanks Katherine for letting those of us not lucky enough to be there play along from home!

Couldn't resist chiming in again about 33 mins in for a final thank you to all.

Cold night

Ok. First up, tons of people for an overnight on the plinth. Obviously people are out to celebrate the end of a kick ass project. And this ice sculpting is great. Love watching ice sculpting. Anonymous so I'll have to wait for the archive to be set up to include the link. I'll be back.

www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/anonymous_202

Guardian's top ten

The guardian has picked their top ten best plinthers.

I missed most of these which is to be expected when there are 100 days of 24 hour plinthing. Some look worth a visit though!

Twecklers

How did I miss the Twecklers' feed? Saw the official One & Other twitter account but never found this way of tapping into the tweckler feed: search.twitter.com/search?q=oneandother

Warning, they earned the name twecklers. They are a difficult to please bunch!

The Grassy Plinth

The Plinth as a grassy little park looks so nice: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/anonymous_165 I'd pop my shoes off and wander the plinth barefoot if I had the chance. It looks so inviting after weeks of seeing that beat up surface under plinthers' feet. To lay back on the grass and take in the sky and sounds from below would be amazing. Beatutiful plinthing!

Final 24 hrs

At 9am tomorrow it all ends. We are in the final 24 hours of plinthing and there are a lot of people out there who are going to miss their live view of Trafalgar and the plinth. You can sense the sadness on the blogs, and in subtler ways like the feed freezing up. Last night was my second last night I get to watch live plinthing, from a quiet, middle of the morning Trafalgar Square. And just as Antonia comes out to shake her ass the feed starts freezing. Seems many of the people who have stopped in during the project are checking in at the start of each new plinthing session to catch one more phenomenal experience before the fourth plinth goes bare.

I've realized that it is the early morning plinthing that is by far my favorite. With the five hour time difference, most of my plinth watching has been in the late night / early morning hours. Dawn is still my fav and I will likely go back and watch many of the dawn sessions that I missed as long as the site is up. But even when I visited the plinth in person, I stopped by Trafalgar twice late night, and only once during the day. I have almost no recollection of the plinth during that day stop. That is especially strange since both times I was there late at night, I was a bit drunk and seriously overtired.

It is the late night cocoon of light that I better understand and relate to. It is the intimacy of being in public, lit up like a billboard, while the city (mostly) sleeps that is the most intriguing side of the project. In general I feel like we've seen a more honest side to the late night plinthers. There is less of a live audience, less reason to act unlike yourself. Day plinthers end up playing to the crowd in one way or another and modifying their behavior. I feel like we glimpsed people's personality more readily at night. And when watching at home, on the live feed, you almost feel as if you are the only one watching. And like maybe you are almost up there with the person. That one on one feeling is incredible. When else do you feel that close to a stranger you've never met?

For a few reasons I hope to keep this blog going. I haven't yet updated with photos from my own experience in Trafalgar. I've missed watching the plinth the last few weeks because of travel and recovery, and I came into the project just before the half way point. There are a lot of plinthers I'd still like to watch and I'll update with highlights as I make my way through them. The official blog says the One & Other website will remain up through the end of the year at least, maybe longer. But now, we still have time to watch a bit live...and hopefully the feed will hold out to keep us connected live to a blank chunk of granite in a square in London that has been animated by so many different ideas over the last 3 + months.

Last bits of silence

Anonymous currently on the plinth gives a great moment of silence in Trafalgar. He sits, he reads, and due to the cold (I think) he paces every once in awhile. Through it all, you hear very little in Trafalgar. The wide shots show an empty square with only security in sight. Cars and buses seem to have disappeared. These quiet moments of isolation in the middle of the night are what I have gone to sleep to since first finding One & Other. With only a couple days left I know I'm going to miss this live connection to a world five hours ahead of mine and one big ocean away.

I also like the sound of the plinth as he walks. Good to hear from the real star, the plinth itself. Been wondering what it is made of and it seems from this to be a metal topper on the plinth.

Update: no longer anonymous: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Gazza

Lights out!

Not (yet) permanently but the lights and cameras on the plinth went out during Rick's hour: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Rick_B

They were out for a few plinthers then power comes back to the plinth just before 12 min mark here: www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/anonymous_179

Made it! for real

While I didn't make it up on the plinth I did make my way into this lovely evening's hour along with my new friends Bebe and the star, Mira. Thank you Mira for the wonderful abstract animals!

www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Mira_A

Tons more photos and first hand reports to come.