Trafalgar Square in London is home to 4 large plinths. Three of them have statues of various historical British figures. The 4th was supposed to be home to a statue of William the IV, but funding ran out. Subsequently, no one managed to agree on what to put there, so it remained empty. In modern times it's become a platform (literally) for a rotating array of public art (when we visited
this piece was there).
The current project is kinda cool. The artist has invited people to volunteer to be living art. Each volunteer gets 1 hour on the plinth, to do as they please (as long as it's legal). Props are allowed and encouraged.
A live stream of the plinth can be seen
at the artist's group website. If the live stream is boring (it seems too often to be someone sitting and reading a book),
here's a selection of videos of the more interesting bits so far.
So what would you do for an hour? I'd like to think I could come up with something clever, possibly involving an easel and a large notepad. But more than likely the most creative thing I'd come up with would be to bring a sketch pad and draw for an hour.
I would however love to see Chris do a 1 hour course on mixology while up there.