{"id":11037,"date":"2026-05-22T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/22\/what-am-i-bid-for-a-blown-up-van-the-bizarre-art-auction-aiming-to-build-an-eco-power-station-in-reform-held-clacton-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:33:58","slug":"what-am-i-bid-for-a-blown-up-van-the-bizarre-art-auction-aiming-to-build-an-eco-power-station-in-reform-held-clacton-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/22\/what-am-i-bid-for-a-blown-up-van-the-bizarre-art-auction-aiming-to-build-an-eco-power-station-in-reform-held-clacton-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"What am I bid for a blown-up van? The bizarre art auction aiming to build an eco power station in Reform-held Clacton Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They blew up a van full of banknotes. They sold high-end Ukrainian vodka to Selfridges. Now art duo Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn are auctioning their past works \u2013 to launch their most ambitious project to date<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, artists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn are auctioning off their work from the past decade and a half. The reason? To help fund a community-led renewable power station in Nigel Farage\u2019s Clacton constituency. Former YBA Gavin Turk will be wielding the gavel and the couple hope to raise at least \u00a3250,000 for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The big-ticket item going under the hammer will be the remnants of a gold Ford Transit van containing \u00a31.2m in fake banknotes that the pair blew up in London\u2019s Docklands in 2019 as the climax \u2013 or money shot, if you will \u2013 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/may\/26\/bank-job-review-print-money-cancel-debt-hilary-powell-daniel-edelstyn\">Bank Job<\/a>, a film about their attempts to fight toxic debt culture with art, a battle that involved printing cash to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2020\/sep\/15\/bank-job-big-bang-theory-blowing-up-transit-van-1m-debt\">wipe out more than \u00a31m debt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2026\/may\/22\/hilary-powell-dan-edelstyn-reform-power-station-clacton\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2026\/may\/22\/hilary-powell-dan-edelstyn-reform-power-station-clacton\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7e5ff4a50fcc88aa23e78c2ed492e13e5973892e\/452_0_7920_6336\/master\/7920.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0b8d7eebda57ee46b24a174499626908\" title=\"What am I bid for a blown-up van? 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