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Hugely excited about the ideas Scots artists have come up with for the cultural Olympiad.

As I'm sure you all know, that's the strand of cultural activity running alongside, and leading up to, the 2012 London Olympics.

And while i'm not convinced all this cultural activity will achieve the aim of convincing us all that the Olympics aren't Londoncentric, sports-dominated (at the expense of everything else) and downright pricey, it has inspired some of our most talented artists to come up with some interesting sports inspired ideas.

Glasgow-based sculptor Kenny Hunter wants to commemorate modern Olympians in traditional Greek fashion.

Angus Farquar and NVA plan a people-fuelled art sculpture.

The Speed of Light would use hundreds of walkers on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh to power a lighting system.

Kate Robertson has her sights set on 24 disused industrial chimneys, including the one at Tramway in Glasgow.

Tatham and O'Sullivan want to create four travelling sculptures which they'd take on tour round Scotland.

And Craig Coulthard has plans for a football pitch in woodlands which can only be seen from above. In a plane.

He plans for it to be used for one international game before allowing nature to reclaim the pitch.

Sadly, only one of the ideas will actually get the money to get off the drawing board with half a million pounds from the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund.

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