I visited the Basque Country last week for an art-and-tapas fest. Unfortunately the tapas side of things falls outside the remit of this blog so I will mainly be discussing the art and architecture that I saw. Vitoria-Gasteiz, despite being the region’s capital, hasn’t had the superstar-architect treatment that Bilbao has. Its major art institution [...]
Step up!
Applications opened today at 5pm for taking part in Antony Gormley’s high-profile project, One & Other, which will occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square from the 6th July. One & Other will see a different person take their place on the Fourth Plinth every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, and is [...]
Consider yourself a work of art?
Anthony Gormley’s commission called One and Other will take the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in July. It will be occupied by volunteers standing every hour for 100 days! (That’s 2,400 people) Gormley says that ‘through elevation onto the plinth and removal from common ground, the subjective living body becomes both representation and representative, encouraging [...]
