NGAIRE A JACKSON Ngaire studied fine art BA (first class hons) and MA at the University of Ulster.
This summer an extraordinary event took place as part of Antony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth Project. Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, a different person occupied the Plinth in Trafalgar Square , London . 2,400 participants from all corners of the UK , created an astonishing living portrait of the UK in 2009. The event was seen all round the world via a 24 hour relay on the event website developed in partnership with Sky Arts. Ngaire was one of a lucky 2400 who had a chance to spend an hour on the plinth. What to do for an hour on the Plinth? The idea was very simple. I stood on the plinth, drew around my feet and took a rubbing 13ft 8 by 4ft 11 of the top of the plinth. The spaces created on the rubbing by the outline of my feet provide the viewer with the necessary visual and mental space required to place themselves on the Plinth; to put themselves in the spotlight. Through visually and or mentally placing ourselves on the Plinth, our bodies become a metaphor, a symbol. This ‘elevation’ of ourselves to a position formerly occupied by monumental art allow us to reflect on our own differences, vulnerability and individuality, in contemporary society.’
The exhibition space in City East with floor to ceiling framed views of the streets of Belfast (right on the Peace Line) can be seen to provide a living portrait of Belfast in 2009.'
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