Mind takes over the fourth plinth
Posted: Thursday 13 August 2009
With the summer holidays on and the sun out, London is brimming with tourists, and what better way to advertise Mind's work than have the Mind mascot - a stressball - standing on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the One & Other project. Sculptor Antony Gormley has asked anyone in the UK to occupy the plinth, a space normally reserved for statues of kings and generals, for one hour each during July to September.
Arlette, a brave Mind supporter, stood on the plinth in the stressball costume for an hour, I took over and donned the costume myself for the trip back to the office on the London tube.
Starting in Trafalgar Square, we walked towards Charing Cross tube station. Getting down the stairs was slightly tricky, as I could not see my feet and kept accidentally hitting people coming in the opposite direction. They seemed slightly unsure of what a large stressball was doing there....
I squeezed onto the tube and became just another commuter reading the free Metro paper. None of the other passengers seemed remotely surprised to find a huge stressball standing next to them, and did their best to ignore me!
The stressball's next appearance will be running the Adidas Womens 5km challenge in Hyde Park on Sunday 6th September.
Watch Arlette on the plinth on the One & Other project website.
Amanda Taylor, Events Marketing Co-ordinator
6 Comments
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Vicki P replied on 13 Aug 2009 at 14:35
It's amazing how non-plussed people can be on the underground...well done to Arlette for her job on the plinth, looking forward to any future stressball adventures!
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spud70 replied on 13 Aug 2009 at 16:26
you are a braver person than I am i hope u enjoyed it up there my turn will come on the 20th september am anxious but am looking forward to my turn
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Stephhh replied on 14 Aug 2009 at 10:57
Matt Wilkinson from Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Mind also stood on the plinth to promote Mind too- Well done Matt!
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kajjie replied on 17 Aug 2009 at 14:09
Awesome! A giant stress ball - what a great idea.
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Pru replied on 17 Aug 2009 at 14:12
I could use a giant stress ball!
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Paul Davidson replied on 20 Aug 2009 at 13:28
O.k Arlette, so I'm stressed cos i'm Gelouse as you stood on Anthony's plinth so now I'm getting on my high Horse to say I met Anthony welcomed him to Gateshead and took part in His Domain Field'' Instalation. Now who'es Gelouse?.
Question. what's the other link with Mind and Antony?.Well done Arlette.
Paul Davidson
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