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15:52 GMT  UK people become works of art  Rachel Wardell  People
are becoming pieces of art, as part of a new work which opened
in London's Trafalgar Square on Monday.  It's called The One and
Other and it's not a big painting or giant sculpture, but is
instead what some people are describing as a living artwork.
Every hour of every day for the next 100 days someone will stand
on top of a plinth in Trafalgar Square.  Thousands applied to
get involved, and at 9am on Monday the first person took their
place on the plinth.  Housewife Rachel Wardell, 35, was the
first person to stand in the shadow of Nelson's Column in
Trafalgar Square.  But before Rachel moved into position a man
climbed up himself to protest.  The artist behind the idea is
called Antony Gormley.  No breaking the law!  A protestor in
London A man called Stuart Holmes climbed onto the plinth to
protest  Not all the people have been selected yet, and the
2,400th and final person will