Critical Writing Index

The Lard Car: She Runs on Grease

by Molly Hankwitz

San Fransisco Bay Times, Aug. 24, 1995

Fat of the Land is a documentary that focuses on American dependence on fossil fuels. Fat of the Land features the Lard Car, a van that five performance artists have rewired to run on a mix of vegetable or kitchen grease and sodium chloride (Draino). They toured the country in the Lard Car and used it as a vehicle or education, outreach, activism and humour.

ITEM 1995.103 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Lard Car – Sarah Lewison

Lard Car – Niki Cousino

Lard Car – Florence Dore

Lard Car – Gina Todui

Lard Car – Julie Konop

Fat of the Land