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Orienteering meets art in Trafalgar Square
On Friday September 11th 2009 Adrian had his hour of fame on top of the 1.7m (wide) x 4.4m (long) x 8m (high) fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormleys One&Other project. This provides a chance for 2400 people (one an hour for 100 days) to occupy…
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the fourth plinth and do whatever they want. Brooner came up with the great publicity angle that this could be the worlds smallest orienteering event. Around 20 other orienteers and even a few members of the public took the chance to run in the first orienteering event to be held in Trafalgar Square.The whole thing was broadcast live on the internet, as indeed all 2400 hours of the project will be. Looking at the coverage afterwards it may have been a bit difficult to work out what was happening at the time, and even if you were there it wasn…
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