Unusual Rigging and the 4th Plinth

6th July 2009

Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person stepped up to the Fourth Plinth on Trafalgar Square and helped make a living portrait of the UK. Unusual Rigging provided the technical infrastructure for this event.

The project One & Other was devised by Antony Gormley and was presented by Artichoke in partnership with Sky Arts. Unusual’s role involved the design, manufacture and installation of a safety net around the plinth. Unusual also devised the means for participants accessing the plinth, a JCB Telehandler with a custom built cage, and provided the reception and media facility on the south west corner of Trafalgar Square.



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