dynamo london

Some of you may have seen recently that the GLA are in the process of commissioning a new piece of work to be installed on the empty 'fourth plinth' in Trafalgar Square. No question about the pedigree of the artists in the running, but when I heard what their various propositions are I was a little surprised.

Anthony Gormley plans to invite members of the public to take turns on the plinth. Tracey Emin would like to put a modestly sized model of a meer cat family. Also in the running Anish Kapoor is proposing some impressive looking cloud mirrors. There's also a burnt out car from Iraq, a giant ship in a bottle and a solar and wind powered light sculpture.

have a look here http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/plinth/future.jsp

Now, don't get me wrong the complexity and scale of this project is, in itself, a mammoth task but something about all of these suggestions seemed more like the kind you might get from a secondary school project. It was this original dismissiveness that lead me to ask 'Well, if you're so clever, what would you do?'

As yet I don't have an answer, but I thought it might be an interesting question to put to dynamo members, i'm sure there are plenty of interactive and exhibition designers who would relish such an opportunity.

So what would you do? The only restrictions the artists face are: no drilling into the plinth and no source of electricity (solar-, wind-power etc are fine)