http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html en-gb 30 Wed 30 Dec 2009 11:36:27 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=18#comment9 The one hundred days have come and gone. I turned down my place on the plinth and while I was initially enthusiastic about the project after seeing how it was realised I became disappointed.The main problem for me was that by placing cameras so close to the plinth and having them stream the audio as well, 24/7, it sadly became more of a reality TV experience than one of sculpture or installation. I have spoken to other people who were offered places and then had second thoughts and their reasons were similar to mine. Saying that the Fourth Plinth project was democratic and representative of the nation and it's people is akin to saying that the TV show Big Brother is all these things.The attention seekers and charity do-gooders completely thwarted Gormley's intentions and turned installation into spectacle. The weight of having to decide 'what to do' during their hour was simply too much for most Plinthers and their often unsuccessful attempts to be 'Novel' and 'Different' rendered the vast majority simply 'More of the same'.I feel that by placing a single camera some distance away from the plinth, so that the location and 'installation' of the plinth was more apparent, by not broadcasting any sound, by requesting that people only wore their normal attire or work clothes and that they 'did' nothing, the project may have been more successful and perhaps closer to the artists original intentions.It rained like crazy during 'my' hour. No regrets. Fri 16 Oct 2009 11:49:59 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=16#comment8 A fool´s hat on a post-modern attention seeking,empty of sense society. Thu 01 Oct 2009 09:22:45 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=14#comment7 thepastymuncher wrote:Having recently visited Feild for the British Isles currently in Torquay until August I do have to ask what part Mr Gormley plays in these installations - thousands of terracotta morphs made by a community, moved by removal teams and set up by the installation crew - no sign of Antony in any of the stages of the making or displaying.Maybe pportunities like this should be used to exhibit the "Best of British" for example a selection of British icons - telephone box, bobby on the beat, del boys robin reliant .... any more suggestions? Fri 31 Jul 2009 15:54:48 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=12#comment6 It should be fairly obvious now Gormley has no sense of scale. It certainly puts the rest of his work into perspective. Sun 12 Jul 2009 20:36:37 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=10#comment5 I wish I was closer to Trafalger Sq to have been able to enjoy this show, maybe even have taken part in this. Is there a no go area in being controversial? I mean, it appears to be the one way up, be controversial and you get recognised. However on the subject of art I have other reservations....At the age of 13 I was given an opportunity to decide what I wanted to do career wise. I chose art because I enjoyed art, (in the way 13 year olds do) and I ruined my academic career thereafter, forever after.You ruined my life ART-Peace- Sun 12 Jul 2009 12:36:48 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=8#comment4 So who is getting paid? Bet the extras are getting nothing. Easy money for Gormless. Does not much and gets paid for it while others do the work and get nothing. The whole event is merely a cheap monumental illustration of how the arts establishment just rips the people off yet again."The potential for profound transformation of some kind is great." What? Any more or any less than sitting on the toilet?Yet another stiff idea from a stiff Gormless financed by the stiff dead arts establishment. Paid for from the taxes of the homeless. Tue 07 Jul 2009 20:19:41 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=6#comment3 The individual has become lost in the modern world, a faceless corporate or governmental cog. Human beings must climb up on high towers to be noticed. Reflect on our human expereince or just what it means to be an individual in the modern world. The best thing is that no one will be trying to sell them something...can remove the shell of "consumer" and become a person. Shove off the cynical politicians and money lenders and stand proud as the foundation of it all. Tue 07 Jul 2009 16:27:07 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=4#comment2 This post has been Removed Tue 07 Jul 2009 14:39:21 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=2#comment1 whoops. 'their' life. Cooler still! Tue 07 Jul 2009 14:35:50 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2009/07/what_would_you_do_with_your_pl.html?page=0#comment0 I'd give my slot to a tourist who just happened by. Something they would talk about, even if just to their friends and family, for the rest of there life. That would be cool. Tue 07 Jul 2009 14:34:58 GMT+1