Its been all over the news for the past few weeks and now members from UK Music Jobs are getting involved in the One & Other fourth plinth project in London.

Conceptualised by sculptor Antony Gormley, people from all over the UK have been invited to occupy the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, a space normally reserved for statues of Kings & Generals.  The person will become an image of themselves and a representation of the whole of humanity.

Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, a different person will make the plinth all about them.  Individuals are allowed to use their alloted time as you see fit.

Lawrence Reed and his collaborative partner have composed a piece of music entitled ‘The Ebb of Acrophobia’.  Acrophobia is derived from the Greek ‘akron’ (peak) and ‘phobos’ (fear) is a fear of heights and is extremely common. Lawrence suffers with the condition so this composition is an attempt to reflect the state of mind and physical condition of the living sculpture on the plinth and, through score, signals and improvisation interpret his changing state where the outcome is largely unknown.

Lawrence has been advertising his project on UK Music Jobs and as a result a number of our musicians are heading down to take part.  Anyone is welcome to join in with the idea being that you can play without qualm or hesitation and have fun.  The pieces are instructional but in terms of guidance accuracy is not prerequisite.  All the musicians performing are reflecting the mood of the acrophobic on the plinth however the conductor will brief the orchestra 15 minutes before midday and before each new part of the composition.

For full details check out Lawrence’s website here - http://lawrencereed.com/

If you can’t make the actual event then remember you can watch the whole performance online on the One & Other website;

http://www.oneandother.co.uk/