Hi, I'm Paul. Through this site, during the first half of August 2009, people submitted suggestions for short experiments they would like to see carried out on the plinth, and voted for their favourites.
On Tuesday 18 August 2009 at 12.00 noon BST, I took my place for an hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other installation. I then performed as many of the suggested experiments that had been given four or more votes as I could squeeze in to an hour!
You can watch my hour on the plinth on the One & Other web site here. The more people click to watch it on 19/20 August, the more chance there is I'll be featured on Sky Arts' highlights TV show on Friday 21 August at 8pm!
I will publish the results of the experiments on their pages soon. In the mean time don't forget you can also follow the project's progress (and soon my post-plinthing thoughts) via the PlinthiPaul blog.
Here's the latest four experiments. Click here to view more experiment ideas.
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Are there actual people controlling the cameras or are they droids?
Paul should get photographic evidence in his hour of who resides in mission control [Read more]
droids, espionage, photographic evidence
minibeastgirl, August 14, 2009, 10:23 pm
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collect rain in paddling pool
paddling pool to cover 4th plinth, hose pipe from paddling pool water exit flap down to 'the people' [Read more]
beer, paddling, rain, water, wateraid
chriskeene, August 14, 2009, 7:48 pm
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Fried Eggs - City Style
After a hard day of stockbrokerage, is it possible for bankers to fry eggs using the radiation of two mobile phones? [Read more]
johno, August 14, 2009, 11:02 am
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Bouncy Ball
Launch a bouncy ball. How many bounces until someone in Trafalgar Square intervenes & catches it or it settles on ground? [Read more]
bouncy ball, launch
brothoplinth, August 14, 2009, 9:33 am
