"So 100 days of continuous occupation of a statue's plinth by 2400 real people has ended. It has changed my life and that of many others. No fewer than 2,400 people from as far afield as the Shetland Islands and Penzance have occupied the plinth for sixty minutes each, picked at random from nearly 35,000 who applied.
Who can be represented in art? How can we make it? How can we experience it? These are questions that have exercised me for years. Whether you see the plinth as a protest or pole-dance platform; studio or stocks; playpen or pulpit; as a frame for interrogation or for meditation, it has provided an open space of possibility for many to test their sense of self and how they might communicate this to a wider world.
- Antony Gormley, October 2009"
So, it's over. One and Other has come to an end, after 100 days of wind, rain, sun, dark, light and cold. What did the the project do for me? Well, first and foremost, it enabled me to raise over £2000 for charity. Secondly, it showed me that I can do anything I put my mind too. Thirdly, it gave me the confidence to be proud of myself and who I am, right here and now in 2009.
Thankyou One and Other, you were spectacular and I'm honoured to have been a part of you xx
