Human statue project includes 'poo' man

LONDON, June 15 (UPI) -- One of the "living statues" kicking off an art exhibit in London's Trafalgar Square is a man who made a costume meant to resemble feces.

Oliver Parsons-Baker, 26, of Birmingham, England, said he designed a "poo costume" for his hour on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square as a means of highlighting the need for clean water, The Sun reported Monday.

Parsons-Barker is one of 2,400 people chosen to play "living statues" for one hour on the plinth as part of "One and Other," an art project designed by Antony Gormley.

The project, in which each living statue is allotted one hour on the plinth, is scheduled to go on for 24 hours a day for 100 days beginning July 6.

Other applicants chosen to occupy time on the plinth include a man who plans to wear a bicycle-powered light-up suit, an 83-year-old who will spend the hour waving a flag and a student using her hour to mark her birthday.

Submissions to participate in the project remain open until Sept. 1 at Gormley's Web site, www.oneandother.co.uk.