Seems that we all missed this... Anyone know any more about this film of the tour?!? http://www.timebase.org/projects/drummond.html Bill Drummond - How to be an Artist Bill Drummond came up to Hull again in June at a midway point through his Journey with ‘A Smell Of Sulphur In The Wind’. Giving talks at Peaberry’s, Hull College and the Warren, Bill spoke of his 7 year relationship and travels with the aforementioned artwork by Richard Long. HULL I came to Hull to tell my story, seek advice and make a sales pitch, or at least that's what I tell myself and told the people that turned up to listen to me. The advice that I sought and seek every time I do this thing is to ask the people to help me get a clearer picture of what it is that I'm doing and why I'm doing it and if it has any purpose other than it being a passing distraction and do they have any ideas of ways that I can do it better. One bit of clarification I was given in Hull was that my standing up and talking bit of the process is not a lecture, not spoken word, not performance art but a sales presentation. I have accepted this observation and from now on I will ask whoever may be promoting one of these events to bill it as HOW TO BE AN ARTIST - A Sales Presentation by Bill Drummond. As for ways to doing it better It was suggested to me by an influential member of the audience that I should construct a contraption that could suck in a one dollar bill, like an automatic ticket dispenser; select previously unselected co-ordinates; punch out the 1/20,000 fraction from 'A SMELL OF SULPHUR IN THE WIND' that corresponds to the selected co- ordinates; stick the fraction to the Warranty card; deliver the Warranty card, with it's now stuck on bit of art to the buyer in the same way as the above mentioned automatic ticket dispenser would dispense it's tickets. And then a digital camera, strategically located within the contraption would take a picture. The picture would be uploaded onto the Penkiln Burn web site. And a continually evolving film would exist of the disappearing work. This film would be complete once all 20,000 fractions of the original Richard Long had been sold. I Think I like this idea even with it's retro, Futurist, Heath Robinson, Sixties kinetic art, document everything you do vibe weighing it down. I will make some inquiries into the possibility of it being realised. And if I do and you don't like it blame Hull. The defining moment of my visit to Hull was when a lad stuck his head around the door at The Warren while I was mid pontification and asked the audience 'Is that man still burbling on?' I fear that from here on in, every time I get up to speak to a throng I will hear that Lads question echoing in my head. And in case he is still in need of an answer I suppose it must be yes. The book ‘How to Be An Artist’ by Bill Drummond is out now. Since this visit Bill has been back up to Hull to discuss plans for working together in the future. HTBA are now acting as facilitators for a national tour of the aforementioned event and John Hirst will be making a film about the whole of Bill's journey with ‘a smell of sulpher in the wind’. Photograph by Benedict Phillips