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Robyn Pawlow, North Yorkshire...

"Know your body! Check yourself all over; boobs, balls, necks, underarms…all over! Do it regularly and don’t be ashamed to go to your doctor if you feel something abnormal! The more regularly you check; the better you know what should and shouldn’t be there! It could save your life!"

Rachel Baynton, Lancaster...

Hello friends,

I just want to say an absolutely massive thankyou to everyone that has sent me a message to pass on from the plinth! It's been fantastic to get these messages with such varied content from all over the place and I've loved receiving them and hearing from you all.

I just thought I'd take this moment (as I'm packing to head to London) to pass on a few links to you all:

The project was in a couple of Lancashire newspapers:

Lancaster Guardian

Lancashire Evening Post
(twice! woohoo!)

Lakeland Echo

and I also want to remind you of the links to the blog where all the messages can be reviewed and replied to,
http://www.proto-type.org/plinthmail/

the One & Other Website so you can watch me get rained on 5-6pm tomorrow!

and the profile page on the same website


Finally, again, huge thankyous - I'll be sure to let you know how it went!

Much love,
Rachel x

Holly Marie Macgranthin, Lancaster...

"I would just like to say a big hello to everyone at the University of cumbria...i hope your summer is going well.

from the education faculty representative at lancaster campus

holly-marie macgranthin"

Andrew (age 5) and Alexander (age 2) Kiyani, Lancaster...

"Please say our names and 'Dinosaur RRROOOAAARRRRR'"

Holly Marie Macgranthin, Lancaster...

"Hey Rach, I would just like to raise the awareness of a rare disease which has threatened the life of my Mother.
She suffers from Forestier's Disease which is a form of arthritis which causes ligaments in the spine to turn to bone. After 2 operations, my mother is now paralysed and lives her life in a hospital bed at home.

I would just like to get more people aware of this disease and if they want to hear more about my mum's journey over the past couple of years, they can look at:

http://www.daltonlocal.co.uk/paralysed_gran_battles_on_after_meningitis_bug_1_484583?referrerPath=news

or take a minute out of their day and look up on the internet about this disease.

Thank you to all

Holly"

Karen Jo Worthington...

"For our beloved George 1949 - 2009 'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.'"

Mark Ajayi...

"Elvis is real but doesnt deliver presents and Michael Jackson lives on in our hearts."

Stan Dicky, Lancashire...

"Fiona Dickinson from Caton Lancashire in Trafalgar Square today. We love you.
Nana and Grandad. XXX"

Gareth Wood...

"SLUMPED

On my space age chair,
I think I care

Fellow man may fall today,
face down,
by bullet or by pound

A young child will make new waves,
score a goal,
perform the leading role

Some accidents will be less welcomed,
collision of decisions,
mass murder and religious divisions.

I'm aware,
as I stare,
into the glare,
upon my space age chair."

Jasmine Green, Lincoln (age 6)...

"Care for each other and stop people smoking."

Lucy Whitehead, Manchester...

"A difficulty to give oneself comes from a fear of falling and not being caught. Unwillingness to give oneself comes from being caught then dropped."

Gavin Fowler, Taunton...

"If you treat life like a joke you'll get a laugh!"

Ben Fletcher, Glasgow...

"I flew as long as I could. I hope you find me in a non-populated area."

Jamie Andrew, Falkirk...

" 8) I was in the paper business for a while, but it folded

9) My thoughts are plane to see"

Elisabeth Michelle Konovalova, New York City...

"Fly, little plane, fly! Take my love to Earth."

Dodger Phiilips...

"You should never pass up the opportunity to trade your cow for a hand full of magic beans .... anything could happen."

Hannah Putsey, Lancaster...

"Don't forget where you came from, to look back once in a while

To take your head out of the clouds to appreciate what you have, where you
are

WHO you are

And buy FREE RANGED eggs and meat please"

Andrew Wheeler

"God our Maker is love and sent his Son Jesus Christ. People say God doesn't show himself - in Jesus you will find him. People say God is distant from our pain - in Jesus he shared it. People don't say so much about God and our guilt, because we're unwilling to face that. But God has faced it and Jesus' state execution pays the price in full, for everyone who will trust him. Including you. Jesus is alive again - seen by witnesses - and reigning in heaven to ask. Sounds crazy? "Taste and see that the Lord is good" (the Bible, Psalm 34 v.8)."

Ann Person, Lancashire...

"I live locally and have M.E. and have had the really great support of the local M.E. group who do a wonderful job. Obviously I can't speak for everyone else, but I would like to send a message out there to people, something along the lines of this:

M.E. is a real and devastating disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK, not just the ill but also their family and friends. When you meet someone with M.E. please understand that they are genuinely ill. All we ask is for your support. Thank you."

Mary Dodd...

"Slow down Lifes 2 short to rush through".

Roderick Ross & his grandaughter, Lancaster...

"Be kind to your friends, if it wasn't for them you'd be a total stranger."

Manny Westerside (age 5), Lancaster...

"I love Rachel Baynton and Andrew Westerside, these people are my mum and dad and I've got two best friends called Luca and Ben."

Dr. E. Brown, Hill Valley, CA...

"Where we're going, we don't need roads..."

S.C. Owens, St. Leonardgate, Lancaster

"Dear Rachel, If space is available on one of your paper planes, please use it to remind people about the charity Help for Heroes (whatever people feel about the Iraq war) and that for every one servicemen's death in Afghanistan there will be six servicemen with lifelong injuries whose battle with disability goes unheralded, who will need help long-term and should never be forgotten."

Suzy Harvey...

"Is anyone listening?"

Peter Petralia, Manchester, UK...

"Do not allow your depression to paralyze you.
Do not allow fear to dictate your choices in life.
Do not be afraid to admit your weaknesses.
Do not be afraid to ask for help.
Do not succumb to expectations that are not achievable.
Do not succumb to the insecurities rattling through your brain.
Do not."

David Winitsky Maplewood, New Jersey, United States...

"An open letter to the first world, written on behalf of my sons Ezekiel and Alexander: any alternative to seemingly unavoidable capitalism and competition necessarily involves accepting less for oneself. Consider choosing to make do with less – not for a guarantee that you will receive anything more, but for the diffuse pleasure of nudging the world to be better"

Dr Valerie Kaneko Lucas...

"Several occur:

Be the change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)

The secret to a happy life: sort out the sense from the nonsense.

Art and money are like a man chasing a flirtatious woman."

George Platts...

"R E A D"

Lisa Wesley, Glasgow...

"Jeremy Clarkson is an affront to car safety and a twat."

PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release

PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release
07/07/09

Air-mail from the 4th Plinth

Lancaster based artist Rachel Baynton will join 2400 people taking their place this year on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other project which sees a different person on the plinth every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days.

On Saturday July 25th, 5-6pm Rachel will be standing on the plinth and wants to know what you would say if you were up there. She intends to launch paper aeroplanes from the top of the plinth, with your messages written on them, to the world below. The messages will also be available to view and respond to at Proto-type Theater’s website on their plinthmail blog, www.proto-type.org/plinthmail.

Rachel said, ‘Antony Gormley (the artist behind The Angel of the North) described the One & Other project as being about the democratisation of art, that anyone could have an equal opportunity to take part and have an hour to present or communicate whatever they chose. I was lucky enough to receive one of those spots but not everyone can be. I’d really like to try and give a voice to those with something they want to say on the plinth but haven’t been given the chance to. If I shout then I’m not sure I’ll be heard over the noise in Trafalgar square so paper aeroplanes seemed a good way of sending a message.’

So, do you have something to say? Is there something that you’re passionate about that you’d like to draw attention to? Do you need to announce, explain, apologise, shout from the roof tops? If so then email Rachel at plinthmail@prototype.org and she’ll pass the message on.


Rachel will be launching your messages on Saturday July 25th, 5-6pm

Send your messages to plinthmail@proto-type.org
Find your messages at www.proto-type.org/plinthmail
Watch Rachel launch them at www.oneandother.co.uk/

Please include your name and location and keep your messages to approx. 50 words, thanks!


All enquiries:

plinthmail@proto-type.org



Proto-type Theater is based in the Storey Institute, Lancaster, UK and Brooklyn, NY and we make original theatre and media work that tours internationally. Our recent piece, Whisper toured throughout the UK and to PS 122 in New York City where it was acclaimed as “an intriguing brush with altered reality... poetic. And the production flirts with the feel of a supernatural, psychological thriller,” New York Times. Online at www.proto-type.org.



615 participants have been chosen for the month of July from the 13,000 applications that had been received at the time of the first draw. Nearly 2,000 more applications have been received since. The selected participants come from all over the UK, from as far afield as Coleraine in Northern Ireland to the Norfolk coast, from Paisley in Scotland to the West Country. Participants range from 16 to 83, and list their occupations as everything from blacksmith to professor, aquatic scientist to hospital porter.

As part of the Sky Arts Artichoke Season, Sky Arts will play a crucial role in One & Other, broadcasting all the live action from the Fourth Plinth, twenty four hours a day over the whole project, on the One & Other website: www.oneandother.co.uk. Sky Arts will go live from the plinth on 6th July from 8.15am on Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 1, with host Clive Anderson bringing viewers live coverage in the lead up to the first person stepping onto the plinth. A weekly show, live from the plinth, offering the highlights of that week, will then go out on Fridays at 7pm from 10th July on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD.

Altogether 2,400 participants will be chosen at random by computer algorithm. The population of the UK will be represented proportionally by choosing a certain number of people from each region. Participants can use their time on the plinth as they like – to perform, to demonstrate, or simply to reflect.

Artichoke, an Arts Council regularly funded organisation, best known for bringing The Sultan’s Elephant to London in 2006 and La Machine to Liverpool last year - is producing the event as part of the 2009 Sky Arts Artichoke Season.

Applications to participate in One & Other and take your place on the plinth are still open and can be made at www.oneandother.co.uk