Alan Goodrick

Who is Alan Goodrick?

Alan Goodrick is usually known by his nom de guerre Gimpo. He is best known as a friend and collaborator of The KLF and the K Foundation. He filmed the Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid film, drove Bill Drummond and Mark Manning to the top of the world, and was the ski-masked person fumbling with lighter fluid and matches when Rachel Whiteread came to claim the K Foundation art award. He is currently an underground/alternative arts film maker and is frequently involved with both Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's current projects. Although he has claimed that he has given up the role, he is often described as a roadie.

He also organises an annual 25-hour drive around the M25 called the M25 spin, repeated every year on the weekend closest to 23 March. The first time this took place was in 1997 when he was accompanied by Bill Drummond and artist Dave Green, and has produced a film of this event. The M25 spin can be seen as exploring similar motifs as Iain Sinclair's London Orbital book.