One and Other
The first project as part of the Sky Arts Artichoke Season was ‘One and Other’ - a live artwork by sculptor Antony Gormley, which took place over 100 days during the summer of 2009.
It was the biggest art event of the summer with 35,000 applications; 7.7million page views and one person every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days making their stand on the fourth plinth, situated in the north-west of Trafalgar Square, London.
The Fourth Plinth was built in 1841 and originally intended for an equestrian statue but was empty for many years. Now, every year, two pieces of temporary public art are chosen to take their place on the plinth. Previous works include Marc Quinn’s controversial sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant. In 2009, Antony Gorlemy was the winning artist with his project ‘One and Other’.
One & Other was the first project in the 2009 Sky Arts Artichoke Season, and part of our commitment to bringing arts to life on stage, on air, online and on the streets. No fewer than 2,400 people travelled as far afield as the Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands to Derry, N. Ireland to be part of this collective portrait of the UK of 2009.
Diverse participants
One thousand two hundred and eight men and 1192 women aged between 16 and 84 took part. One & Other has welcomed participants as diverse as astronomers and anthropologists, barmaids and burlesque dancers, poets and plasterers, with activities including cycling, dancing, story-telling, campaigning and fundraising, cooking, preaching, puppetry and meditating. People from every walk of life, and every corner of the UK have become part of history and together created a portrait of humanity.
Support from Sky
Bringing the arts to life on air, online and on the streets
Find out below how Sky Arts supported One and Other throughout the 100 days and how we are ensuring the project will live on...
Online
Sky Arts streamed the project live 24 hours a day, over the 100 days on the project website www.oneandother.co.uk (opens in a new window) produced by Sky Arts. The website ensured global interest with over 750,000 unique users, 16,000 comments and over 7.5 million page views.
On Air
Sky Arts produced a weekly highlights programme hosted by Clive Anderson which has seen luminaries from the arts and beyond debating and reflecting on the project, including Grayson Perry, Joan Bakewell, Ken Livingstone and Bettany Hughes. A TV documentary by distinguished film-maker Mike Figgis is in production and was shown on Sky Arts 1HD and Sky Arts 1 on Sunday 27th December.
In Print
A book, no less epic than the project itself, is being produced by Random House.