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Speaker’s Plinths, London, 2024

Speaker’s Plinths are a series of platforms placed along London’s historic City Wall, that encourage voicing of individual opinions, sharing reflections on the city, as well as prompting informal discussion and performance along a walkable route.

Referencing Aristotle’s school of peripatetic philosophy (walking and conversing), the plinths have been installed along Vine Street, adjacent to the historic City Wall, carrying prompts that encourage people to respond, by writing directly on their surface. 

For their afterlife, the plinths have been designed to transform into skatable elements and be gifted to London’s skateboarding communities.

Speaker’s Plinths is delivered in partnership with the ALDGATE CONNECT BID.

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Concept Sketch for an alternative parliament for London: Speaker's Plinths.
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Who or what do we put on the plinth? As Identity and representation in our cities is changing, it is worth considering what sort of stories or histories are being told, represented, preserved and amplified around us. Image credit: 'Club Feminin , 1848' by Francis Desire Gosselin (1809-1867).
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Learning from the street. The plinths have been developed in the visual language of street signage.
Speaker’s Plinths

Type: object

Location: London, UK

Size: 17m2

For: aldgate connect BID, City of london

Status: Completed

Featured in: archello, divisare

Collaborators: AKT II, millimetre

With thanks to: Sabina Andron,  AMY KEMPA, ALEX PETERS, kleanthis rousos

Photography: LORENZO ZANDRI, Nasios varnavas, LUKE O’DONOVAN

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Concept Sketch for an alternative parliament for London: Speaker's Plinths.
2
Who or what do we put on the plinth? As Identity and representation in our cities is changing, it is worth considering what sort of stories or histories are being told, represented, preserved and amplified around us. Image credit: 'Club Feminin , 1848' by Francis Desire Gosselin (1809-1867).
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Learning from the street. The plinths have been developed in the visual language of street signage.