Harry Kipper

Harry Kipper was a fictional character invented by the multiple-identity underground movement Luther Blissett. The story was created and propagated by somebody operating under the auspices the Luther Blissett movement who alleged that Harry Kipper, a British conceptual artist, had mysteriously gone missing on the Italian-Yugoslav border whilst on a biking tour of Europe, allegedly with the intention of tracing the word Art across the continent. The target of the prank was a prime time missing person’s program on Italian state television that was funded by the taxpayer. The program was comprehensively sucked into the hoax, sending film crews as far as London to find information.

Luther Blissett eventually admitted responsibility for the hoax.