The Fourth Plinth

In London's Trafalgar Square sculptor Antony Gormley is creating an unusual artwork. Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, different people occupy the plinth and do as they like. The occupants have been selected at random from thousands of applicants. Needless to say a number of people have decided to spend their time on the plinth naked or nearly so. The reactions of the crowds and the authorities tell us a great deal about attitudes to nudity in Britain in 2009.

Kath did an amazing dance performance covered in body paint.

LilacBonzai wore a variety of outfits including a female carnival costume, an 'Angel of the North' outfit, a golden burka and his birthday suit

Simon was only naked for a short while as the Metropolitan Police insisted that he put some clothes on. It turned out later that they had exceeded their powers as it is not an offence to be simply naked in the UK.

Susanna said before her turn "I would dearly like to be able to sit, modestly, naked, for my hour." and that's just what she did – beautifully - in a classic life model pose.

This performer is a professional glass artist and used some of her own art work to cover parts of her body.

Justin Holwell stripped and stood naked for his hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. A passing ex-detective, Mark Williams-Thomas, wasn't happy however and complained to the police saying that his wife and children were "annoyed and upset". Fortunately by now the police had taken the trouble to look up the relkevants laws and discovered that nudity is not illegal provided no obscenity is committed.

Hopefully the ex-detective and his family didn't seek refuge in the nearby National Gallery, which overlooks the square and is packed full of artworks featuring nudes, murders and torture.

Josh surprised even himself when he decided to go naked on the plinth. He said "We're all born naked, we're surrounded by galleries filled with naked paintings and statues in the close vicinity, and the idea that the human form as part of an art project should somehow be offensive to other people, of whatever age, is incomprehensible to me."

Tiffany Oben was the first fully nude female performer on the plinth. Her performance was a metamorphosis of gender, from male to female using costume and masquerade.

Gunter stripped off towards the end of his varied performance and jumped into the net surrounding the plinth.

Amy wore only body paint and a g-string.

Snezbit spent his hour promoting the Boy Scout movement before removing his clothes near the end. Unfortunately the part where he stands naked has been censored by One & Another so we have had to use this black & white image which someone kindly sent to us.

Naomi McDonald, a dancer from Stringfellows lapdancing club, spent her hour posing with a pole and shaking her bare breasts, dressed in high heels and black knickers.

Mashman struck the pose of Rodin's 'The Thinker'.

Lady Godiva arrived nude on the platform with her rocking horse. During her performance she held up a placards which raised important issues about society's attitudes to our bodies.

Sean_R wore a variety of fairly ordinary outfits including his birthday suit

Suzanne has been a naturist for 33 years and runs a naturist club and magazine. During her nude performance she took calls on Skype from the public. Suzanne has appeared nude on TV in the past so she felt quite relaxed about the appearance – althogh she did admit to being scared of heights.

Trafalgus arrived nude on the plinth and did a variety of things from taping silver foil to the top of the plinth through to covering himself with white and then brown powder.