There aren’t many people who can say that they’ve had a Banksy statue in their back garden, but Andy Link is one of them. In 2004, he kidnapped one of Banksy’s pieces of art in broad daylight from the middle of central London, and held it to ransom. The fact that someone would kidnap a Banksy statue is pretty absurd already, but the story of why it happened, how the statue vanished again after it was kidnapped, and how it was mysteriously put up for auction over 10 years later is even wilder. It all comes down to 1 man, and a 2 decade long vendetta. The story will take us on a journey through UK’s most subversive sub-cultures: from art heists and art terrorists, to 80s football hooliganism, the 90s illegal rave scene, even fetish parties. While all the while, we try to track down one of the most elusive anonymous artists in the world. All to discover…who robs a Banksy?? From Podimo and Message Heard
https://audioboom.com/channels/5104716-who-robs-a-banksy
episode 3: Freedom to Party
While Banksy might turn out to not be as anti-establishment as we once thought, it’s time to hear about Andy’s contrarian movements - and how his involvement with sub-cultures massively backfired on him. And in perhaps the most anti-establishment move possible, Andy starts to put his plan to get his own back on Banksy into action…
From Podimo & Message Heard, this is Who Robs A Banksy?
CREDITS:
Presented by Jake Warren
Produced and written by Bea Duncan
Music composed by Tom Biddle
Production support from Harry Stott and Blu Posner
Sound engineered by Ivan Eastley
Executive Producer for Message Heard: Sandra Ferrari
Executive Producers for Podimo: Jake Chudnow and Matt White