THE MANUAL tells the story of the first six years of a most unlikely multi-generational project. When Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty reformed The KLF in 2017, they published a novel (2023: A Trilogy) and held a 3-day event in Liverpool called Welcome to the Dark Ages. Over the three days the 400 ticket holders became both the audience and the players in a series of happenings and events that culminated in the announcement that K2 Plant Hire Ltd (the latest incarnation of the after The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and The Timelords) were building 'The Peoples Pyramid'.
The Peoples Pyramid is a 23-foot-high solid brick monument made with ‘Bricks of Mu’, each brick containing the ashes of a dead person fired into it, from a process called MuMufication. Every year, on the 23 November, 400 people gather to lay new bricks and build the pyramid in a ceremonial event of mourning and celebration known as The Peoples Day of Death. THE MANUAL collects the artworks, ephemera, and photographs from these annual ceremonies as people come together to build The Peoples Pyramid.
Meanwhile, The KLF have announced they will go on a world tour, but not until the year 2323. And they’ve made some black and white pills that are infused with the ashes of the million quid they burned. All to raise money to ensure THE PEOPLES PYRAMID WILL BE BUILT.
