13. Concept The brief for the end-of-year project was reported as "come up with something thought-provoking" by Martin Wainwright of The Guardian newspaper. The group were interested in popular preconceptions around contemporary art particularly the boundary between activities acceptable as art practice and those that were not. They decided to produce a conceptual work, with an activity not generally accepted as art, and hoped the media would distribute news of the project to the public. To be newsworthy it had to be controversial, and the group would see the project as a success if it started public debate on the nature of art. They chose to simulate a week-long package holiday on the Spanish Costa del Sol (). The group would present the simulation and the media response to both the supposed holiday and the actual hoax as their project Going Places. Preparation Adding to the controversy, the group would appear to misuse financial donations on the holiday. They applied to their students's union, Leeds University Union, for funds to mount a conventional exhibition, and were granted £1,126. The only business sponsor identified by the media was the owner of an art shop in Leeds who gave £50. The donations were not spent but deposited. Evidence for the holiday included a performance art event, stories, props and suntans. The group's supposed return from holiday would be staged at the local international airport for an audience of invited guests. Posing as tourism students making a film, they persuaded airport authorities to simulate a flight from Málaga on the arrivals board then let them exit the landside area of international arrivals for the event. A prelude in an art space would gather the audience and set the Spanish theme. Having made arrangements for the event they turned to the holiday stories and props. The group would claim to have spent six days swimming, sunbathing, drinking and enjoying the nightlife on the Mediterranean Sea coast. They created a set of photographs supposedly taken on their holiday. Beach shots were actually taken on the North Sea coast at Cayton Sands near Scarborough, while pool shots were from a private open air swimming pool in Leeds. A blue lens filter gave the water and sky a Mediterranean look. Other backdrops included bars in Leeds and a wall mural, that reminded the students of Gaudi, at an abandoned Spanish-themed nightclub in Cayton Bay. Supposedly taken during