Oneandother.co.uk
this is the site for the webcam, which to me is proving addictive. Watched about 3 hours yesterday – there’s something very restful about the lack of sound on many of the plinthers’ per – I was going to say, performances, but they’re not exactly that. One of the best things about this project is that it’s not entertainment: people don’t feel the need to “dress up” what they do, to jazz it up, make it interesting: neither do they find it necessary to bleach their hair or put on lots of make-up (and that’s only the men!). This project says, “people are interesting”. This is an anti-celebrity project, and that, I think, is why I felt such a strong desire to be part of it.
Thanks, Antony!
Yesterday’s plinthers included a man who inflated balloons with helium and tied a package to them to publicise CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association). He seemed to be getting people to phone him when the balloons landed – a brilliant idea.
One of the best things about this is you get to see what people’s real (as opposed to manufactured) preoccupations are.
Got to go now – need to – erm – bleach my hair.
Kirk (sheepishly) out.
Additional: yesterday I had a call from One and Other asking if they could pass my details to Sky Arts. So I may be giving them an interview. I may also be writing it up for a yoga magazine.
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