• Conceptual Art
• Interactive Artwork
• eBay spoof auctions
Broken Pencil:
During February, 2006 it suddenly struck me as a good idea to advertise a broken
pencil for sale on eBay. Within minutes the advert was posted and I started
to get more and more ideas. Initially, there wasn’t even a photo to go
with the ad but as time progressed (the auction covered a 10-day period) I
added some
interesting photos which have captured the imagination.
I fielded about 70 questions from members of the public while the auction was
in progress and these range in style from humour to art to music to literature
(and others). Many of the questions asked were rather surreal and I answered
them ‘in kind’.
The auction also attracted a radio audience and was ‘plugged’ on
British radio by BBC Radio 5 Live and London’s LBC (as well as some smaller
stations such as Heart FM).
This auction has now been entered for ‘the Turner Prize’ perhaps
the leading Art award in the World.