This week sees the 2009 Turner Prize nominees go on show at the Tate gallery, the opening of the Frieze Art bonanza in Regent’s Park and SpinWatch’s first foray into the world of art. We have teamed up with two artists, Hollington & Kyprianou, for an exhibition at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol as part of its C Words show on climate change.

C Words is a two-month festival of events organised by the art-activist group Platform in the lead up to the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen.

The SpinWatch collaboration sees Hollington & Kyprianou present ‘Adams & Smith – Auctioneers of Late Capitalist Period Artifacts’. Set 25 years from now, the exhibition features thirteen everyday objects that have ceased to exist in this imagined future.

These are accompanied by often witty, fictional tales of their demise and a ‘selected provenance’ supplied by SpinWatch, detailing the role PR and lobbying played in sustaining their existence: from greenwashing by the cement industry, negative campaigning by bottled water manufacturers, to the 'revolving door' between the banking sector and its regulators. 

C Words runs from 3 October to 29 November at the Arnolfini in Bristol (more details here). The Guardian has also produced a short film on the exhibition, and the ‘auction’ catalogue can be viewed online or downloaded from Hollington & Kyprianou.