Stop 1 was a HUGE success, I was absolutely blown away by the response the work received from the public. So many people engaged with the work we stopped counting because it would have easily been 500+ which is incredible. Even Anna Bligh had a look (although we just missed photographing her looking)! We (and my fantastic helpers) started installing at 8am and people stopped to ask us about the work immediately from 8am. Once the work was up people stopped in groups approximately every 30 seconds to read the signs and look at the work. Because the work was installed over 320m it gave people the opportunity to engage and contemplate the work while they walked. Everguide turned up at 12pm to do a video interview of me on the bridge with the work to discuss the concept behind Stop for Art and Stop 1! It was a really special moment because for the first time my expectations of how the event would go were well below what was actually realised!
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