On Saturday September 12th, 2009 from 11 pm to midnight the Fourth Plinth in the north west of Trafalgar Square, home to Antony Gormley's Project "One & Other" will be occupied by Sofka Smales.
When nineteen year old Sofka heard she had won a place on the fourth Plinth she seized the opportunity to promote a cause close to her heart: the return of the Parthenon Marbles to their birth place.
"I feel really passionate about this", explained Sofka, a student of Criticism, Communication and Curation at London's Central St. Martins College. "My mother is half Greek and I lived in Greece for part of my childhood. I am really proud of that part of my heritage and have always felt that the Parthenon Marbles should rightly be returned to their country of origin. Especially now, that a first class museum has been built to house them."
So what is Sofka going to do when she takes her place on the Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth? "That's a secret. Wait and see!" she says. "I hope lots of people will come out to support me and many more will go online to watch. It's time to send the Marbles home!"
From 6 July 2009 to 14 October the Fourth Plinth will be occupied by different people every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days. The rules are simple: you must stand on the Plinth alone, for the whole hour; you can do whatever you want, provided it is legal; and you can take anything with you that you can carry.
For information on the Fourth Plinth, visit the link here.
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