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Just last week, I took part in a motorcycle ride around the west end, as part of a protest at Westminster City Council's introduction of parking charges for motorbikes and scooters.
We started from Golden Sq, and made a procession down through Piccadilly, to Haymarket, to Parliamnet Sq and ultimately to the council offices in Victoria St, passing Trafalgar Sq en route.
I was actually a little surprised that pedestrians and tourists were lining the pavements, applauding our procession as we went past. I suppose, in a way, it was like they could *tell* they were witnessing a little piece of the British, exercising a particular part of their freedom - and it certainly appeared they were enjoying what they were seeing.
I guess that was a bit of "performance art" / "street theatre" that was pretty accessible and not overly difficult to understand.
Hmmm. I'm not sure I've got the time or inclination to see whether an audience standing around someone on a plinth would be moved to the point of showing any sort of spontaneous reaction, in any similar kind of way.
Ummm... my gut feeling tells me not.
RogerW | 09.07.09 - 2:37 a.m. | #
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October 8, 1959. Election night. Trafalgar Square. Saw a bloke standing in a cascading fountain playing a guitar.
What philistines we were in those days. No one realised it was Performance Art.
Great Aunt Annie | 09.07.09 - 8:37 a.m. | #
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It really is time to fill this plinth - and the only real possibility is an equestrian statue of HM the Queen.
Richard | Homepage | 09.07.09 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Re Richard's comment (no.3). No it isn't and no it isn't...
Baldassaro | 09.07.09 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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Maybe I was lucky today but I got Julia presenting some rather good "performance art" as part of a campaign against female genital mutilation. It involved cutting the head off a rose, scattering the petals whilst wearing a tee-shirt with a particular country's name and giving the stats for how many female genital mutilations were carried out in that country. The tee-shirt was then thrown to the crowd before going on to the next country. Powerful and to the point and she had captured the attention of a pretty good crowd.
She was followed by a bloke reading from the bible.....way too much like school assemblies....time to go i thought.
There will be good and bad but it beats statues of the queen or anyone else on a horse.
NiC | Homepage | 09.07.09 - 4:46 p.m. | #
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The queen on a wobbly kangaroo would be cool, though.
Chris | Homepage | 10.07.09 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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I've been to Trafalgar Square once this week, and it was quite amusing to see a guy on the fourth plinth with what looked like an early 20th century camera.
Personally, I would hate to be one of those people who will have to stand on the plinth at 3am, or at pub closing time on Friday and Saturday nights.
Andrewh | 11.07.09 - 2:15 a.m. | #
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Anthony Gormley - the artist formerly known as 'Plinth'
Grimy Miner | 16.07.09 - 2:21 p.m. | #
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