The Beck’s Futures Awards – Britain’s richest art prize – has chosen its shortlist of artists, and it’s “the most bizarre, outrageous and plain nutty group of young artists and pranksters ever shortlisted for a big award. The eight individuals and one collective in the running for the £65,000 prize include a man who apparently sewed short planks of wood to the soles of his feet, carried a bucket of water around for a week and spent another week avoiding eye contact with anyone.”