million million action august art duo consisting burned cash million pounds sterling disused island money represented bulk funds earned united_kingdom successful pop groups early 1990s recorded video camera collaborator august film watch foundation burn million toured engaging audience debate burning meaning november duo pledged dissolve refrain public discussion burning period years spoke burning admitted bbc regretted burning money book entitled million edited compiled collaborator published compiling film accounts events viewer reactions book contains image house brick manufactured fire ashes background biggest selling singles act world enjoyed considerable success album white room number hit single tardis staged performance retired music industry shortly typically enigmatic fashion account kept money extravagant productions told australian big issue writer money spent royalties post retirement amounted approximately million pounds think paid nearly half tax spent rest production costs stopped production costs stopped months amassed surplus cash coming record sales amounted tax left money later fund advancement initially earnings distributed way fund struggling artists managed new post art project said realised struggling artists meant struggle point instead duo decided create art money nailed wall piece art produced foundation major piece planned art exhibition money major body cash consisting million pounds cash nailed pine frame piece presented press november buildup foundation announcement winner worst artist year award art award decision burning half attempted interest galleries staging money major body cash old friend director unable persuade major gallery participate liverpool wanted 21st century festival involved says suggested exhibition encouraging nervous personalities involved gallery curator informed exhibition money leaving obliged pursue options duo considered taking exhibition soviet_union train united_states touch project exhibition dublin considered sooner provisional august date set duo changed minds jimmy said don burn remembers said light hearted way suppose hoping let powerful thing sitting cafe talking going spend money decided better burned weeks long bit nightmare journey deciding burn money deciding burn money actually burning money long freelance journalist independent witness burning reported schemes considered offering nailed wall foundation nation condition gallery agree display piece years refused money burnt second idea hire future site gallery extension imposing building downstream venue typical guerrilla communication style posters appear august bearing legend foundation nation image nailed wall flame throwers lying floor august new poster exactly time work burnt final solution million pound problem dramatic nonetheless foundation having decided making public spectacle event impact august touched airport took ferry island previously scene man burning ceremony early morning august abandoned money burning witnessed subsequently wrote article act observer filmed video camera collaborator burning began said felt guilt shock feelings reported quickly turned money took hour burn fed notes fire according money actually burnt remainder flying straight chimney days later according destroyed film photographic evidence burning months later revealed secretly kept copy watch foundation burn million film watch foundation burn million starts short description event consists throwing notes fire burning entire takes minutes nme wrote start agitated says doesn think money burn wet camera shows thick notes bundle containing new bank notes sealed money starts laugh stand small fireplace throwing notes fire constantly blaze large wooden stage burns hand note fire starts dim floor sweeping stray notes flames shows view outside building notes chimney november bbc aired edition documentary series entitled foundation course art footage broadcast scenes million reviewing programme independent wrote film intriguing pair rear guard action continuing battle recognition victory people art appears modern constitutes artist artist need galleries simply decide going artist said gallery owner left wondering operate lottery system secret ballot election money video recorded process decidedly intriguing work provoking contemporary work seen established galleries medium video bank notes fire obviously embarrassment poverty material artworks bricks expense material screening tour public screening million august exactly year burning feel face answer questions said duo weeks later appeared guardian pictured right announcing world tour film months relevant locations second screening city music industry convention september manchester film shown held question answer session theme rock week later pair travelled guests alternative radio station belgrade post screening discussion titled crime humanity screening curtailed escorted building weekend november film screened locations glasgow including football matches involving celtic rangers planned screening prison cancelled withdrew permission glasgow artistic community broadly welcome screenings public screening november announced newspapers record showing having occurred disappeared glasgow later issued statement november signed contract northern scotland agreeing wind speak money burning period years despite reported national screenings film organised took place planned screening announced answer questions film instead ask questions audience screenings held hull liverpool bristol london brick lane screening december previewed nme busy originally planned car park freezing conditions snow forced screening moved indoors basement nearby seven stars pub hundreds people watch screening eventually abandoned cramped conditions nme preview claimed screening film cut individual frames sold public owner film intention screening nearly overwhelmed mob people wanting home piece film continued film events literary festivals underground film evenings years initial tour august screening berlin germany dvd briefly disappeared hours later film released burning theme recurring aspect work duo disposed copies copyright debut album justified fuck going burning swedish field event pictured sleeve second album killed jams celebrated song burn summer burnt feet man chronicled movie rites threatened burn art award prize money matches lighter fluid moment accepted prize seventh press asked million pounds burn reaction analysis piece appeared observer september peculiar stories year cautioned readers peculiar pretty comes magazine going trouble believing word peculiar dot come truth took hours cash flames added looked closely real came security firm swapped time journey importantly working know capable ran story october reported notes found doubt burning taken place seen eating hotel bar leaving newspaper reported times followed essentially story october adding burning left island angry handed local fisherman police sergeant checked money banks customs pronounced genuine london told money found asked said touch partner far media returned story earnest october november reviewing foundation course art reporting tour screening million october feature quoted bbc documentary maker responsible item saying found boys depressed state shock day wake think god burnt million thinks wrong told piece times november coinciding glasgow screenings reported solid reason burning money view act represented concluded changed challenged certainly provoked thousands question power money responsibilities possess artistic issue newspaper art award witness wrote foundation award million pound artwork burning entertaining sharp art world chosen think art general view remains money undoubtedly sincere simply isn original didn blow entire life savings way artists notably guardian reviewer men dealt myth trail confusion believes burned money nuts says dealer accept ash payment later reaction following years burning mentioned regularly press relegated cultural status men burnt million february article observer newspaper insisted duo burnt million pounds wasn stunt want knew real long time friend associate group tells jimmy bill looked haunted honest listener poll saw placed second list rock unimpressed claiming owed money burned million pounds people pay creditors pull intellectual dry stunts like legacy september new film brick premiered film consisted minute shot brick ashes money burnt shown centre prior performance september million isbn isbn paperback published book contains film sessions tour includes timeline activity essays including publisher promoted book modelled publish foundation burn million asked initially telling observer couldn imagine feeling regret child ill expensive clinic cure admitted bbc difficulty decision hard explain kids doesn easier wish explain people understand
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