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''K Foundation Burn a Million Quid'' was an action on 23 August 1994 in which the K Foundation (an art duo consisting of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) burned cash in the amount of one million pounds sterling in a disused boathouse on the Ardfin Estate on the Scottish island of Jura. The money represented the bulk of the K Foundation's funds, earned by Drummond and Cauty as The KLF, one of the United Kingdom's most successful pop groups of the early 1990s. The incineration was recorded on a Hi-8 video camera by K Foundation collaborator Gimpo. In August 1995, the film — ''Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid''〔"Quid" is a widely used British slang word meaning pounds sterling (singular or plural: "a quid", "a million quid").〕 — was toured around the UK, with Drummond and Cauty engaging each audience in debate about the burning and its meaning. In November 1995, the duo pledged to dissolve the K Foundation and to refrain from public discussion of the burning for a period of 23 years, but Drummond spoke about the burning in 2000 and 2004. At first he was unrepentant〔 but in 2004 he admitted to the BBC that he regretted burning the money.〔"KLF Bill: I regret burning £1m", ''Sunday Mail'' (Glasgow), 25 July 2004, p27.〕 A book entitled ''K Foundation Burn A Million Quid'', edited and compiled by collaborator Chris Brook—was published by Ellipsis Books in 1997, compiling stills from the film, accounts of events and viewer reactions. The book also contains an image of the house brick that was manufactured from the fire's ashes. ==Background== As The KLF, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were the biggest-selling singles act in the world for 1991. They had also enjoyed considerable success with their album ''The White Room'' and a number one hit single – "Doctorin' the Tardis" – as The Timelords. In May 1992, The KLF staged an incendiary performance at the BRIT Awards,〔McCormick, N., "The Arts: My name is Bill, and I'm a popaholic", ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), 2 March 2000, p27.〕〔() 〕 and retired from the music industry shortly thereafter in typically enigmatic fashion.〔() 〕〔() 〕 By their own account, neither Drummond nor Cauty kept any of the money they made as The KLF; it was all ploughed back into their extravagant productions. Cauty told an Australian ''Big Issue'' writer in 2003 that all the money they made as The KLF was spent, and that the royalties they accrued post-retirement amounted to approximately one million pounds: Initially The KLF's earnings were to be distributed by way of a fund for struggling artists managed by the K Foundation, Drummond and Cauty's new post-KLF art project, but, said Drummond, "We realised that struggling artists are meant to struggle, that's the whole point."〔Dower, John, and Greer, Dave, "The K Foundation: Why we burnt a million pounds", ''Thee Data Base'' fanzine, 1 March 1996; based on an interview with Drummond and Cauty on Subcity Radio, Glasgow, 3 November 1995 ((link 1 ), (link 2 ))〕 Instead the duo decided to create art ''with'' the money. ''Nailed to the Wall'' was the first piece of art produced by the Foundation, and the major piece in their planned art exhibition, ''Money: A Major Body Of Cash''. Consisting of one million pounds in cash nailed to a pine frame, the piece was presented to the press on 23 November 1993 during the buildup to the Foundation's announcement of the "winner" of their "worst artist of the year award", the K Foundation art award.〔() 〕〔() 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「K Foundation Burn a Million Quid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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