Trafalgar Square, Fourth Plinth ColaLife spokesperson in place

July 9, 2009 by Simon Berry 

I am very grateful to long term ColaLife supporter Troy Kennedy for agreeing to be the spokesperson for ColaLife on 17/7/09 (Friday) as Russell Tanner takes to the Fourth Plinth. I first made contact the Troy nearly a year ago now via the Channel 4 Battlefront website. Troy runs Condoms for Africa. Here’s a video of Troy speaking at one of the few face-to-face ColaLife meeting hosted by Global Tolerance:

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ColaLife headlines in NESTA guide

July 7, 2009 by Simon Berry 

ColaLife on Social By Social
Yesterday (7/7/09), at Reboot Britain, NESTA launched ‘Social By Social - A practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact’. ColaLife is one of the case studies featured in the online guide and headlines on the website.
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Your plinth ideas please!

July 5, 2009 by Simon Berry 

In case you’ve missed all the Tweets . . .  Russell Tanner has agreed to dedicate his slot on the fourth plinth on 17 July to ColaLife. This is incredibly generous of Russell.

We need design ideas on how to make the most of it. Here’s mine!

Plinth idea - balloons

Just heard that Russell will be on the plinth for us on 17 July from 3pm to 4pm which is a great slot. I’ve ordered 25 ColaLife Tee shirts. Who can be there to spread the word in the crowd?

Any more ideas on what the ColaLife installation might look like?

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But isn’t it Art?

July 1, 2009 by Simon Berry 


Image credit: Christopher Fowler (permission pending)

My campaign to get a giant aidpod on to the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has floundered before it really got started. Just got this reply from the Mayor’s Office:

from Mayor of London <mayor@london.gov.uk>
to simon@colalife.org
date 1 July 2009 12:02
subject RE: MGLA170609-2106 Idea for the fourth plinth

Dear Simon

Many thanks for your email regarding your proposal to install an ‘aidpod’ on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square to raise awareness for your Colalife campaign.

The Fourth Plinth’s use as the location for a rolling programme of specially commissioned contemporary artworks was, following public consultation, unanimously recommended by an independent committee set up on the Government’s instruction in 1998. When the Mayor of London took over the responsibility for Trafalgar Square in 1999, he endorsed the recommendation and set up the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group (FPCG).

The FPCG is a panel of visual art experts who invite artists to submit a proposal and then make recommendations on which artwork should be chosen, which the Mayor signs off. However, this process is by invitation only; it is not an open selection programme and the Mayor does not decide the artwork that is installed on the plinth.

At this stage, there are no plans for the current Fourth Plinth programme to cease.

We wish you the very best for your campaign.

Kind regards,
Abbie

Abbie McGillivray
Mayor’s Office - Cultural Strategy

I need to get in contact with FPCG because it’s completely unused at the moment, it could be helping save lives in between commissions . . . I know, I cycle past it most days . . .

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Introducing Trans Tanz

June 26, 2009 by Simon Berry 

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Meet the people of the Trans Tanz Project. And a big thank you to them for helping the ColaLife Campaign by taking these photos and sending them in.

Trans Tanz is a charitable organisation that works in the Bagamoyo district of Tanzania with a local community based organisation called UKUN.  Together they provide free transport for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in rural areas to access antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. These drugs are available without charge, but many poor Tanzanians living with HIV/AIDS are unable to afford the cost of public transport to access them. Our project will help keep hundreds of PLWHA alive.

Seeing these pictures, thinking and talking about the Trans Tanz project makes you think. “What about personalised aidpods”, my partner cried! An aidpod with your name on it and the drugs inside it that you need.

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