FATBERG

Mike Thompson & Arne Hendriks w / MU

3 Days of Fat

Join us 10-12 Oct 2018 @ Bush House Arcade, London, to explore fat and what it might become.

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Fatberg @ Over Het Ij Festival 2018

Participate in building the worlds 1st island of fat 13-22 July 2018 @ NDSM, Amsterdam

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Fatberg on Gizmodo

Watch: 'Why two guys are building a massive island out of fat'

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Fatberg on Radiolab

Listen to Arne discuss fat and fatberg in the latest podcast by Radiolab.

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Become an island owner!

Help us succeed in building the world’s first floating island of fat.

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LARD pour LARD T-shirt

Order your LARD POUR LARD hand silk-screened T-shirt.

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Introduction

Looking out towards the ocean, FATBERG is easily spotted by the flock of seagulls circling above, swooping down to take a welcome nibble of its vast store of energy. Only a few square meters of the manmade island lift themselves above the waves, bobbing slowly up and down, side to side. If you ask the creators of FATBERG why they made it, you might hear: we feel the need to archive our times; or, we’re building a strategic reserve, anticipating difficult times ahead. The truth is they don’t know why, they simply know they must…

FATBERG is focused on the construction and growth of a floating island of fat. Fat performs a unique and vital function as an energy reserve, stored within the body for times of scarcity. And yet, from a western perspective, fat has lost this function. It is stored and stored some more, but rarely used for its original purpose. Fat simply is.

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