How is State of Progress traveling?

The artists will make the tour in Buttercup, a diesel vehicle that has been converted to also run on Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO), otherwise known as recycled cooking/fryer oil.

We are conducting an experiment on the functionality and efficiency of using recycled grease to travel across the country. We will use Buttercup as a learning tool, stopping at local restaurants en route to collect their used vegetable oil and giving tours of the engine and system.

We will outfit the vehicle to maximize its inventive uses for our daily living traveling needs which include and are not limited to a mini-greenhouse, a solar conductor, and the state of the art storage facility.

Where are they traveling?

We started in Brooklyn, NY in mid August, 2007 and are touring two and half months through the Midwest into Northern California, into the Southwest, Texas through the South and up the East Coast.

The State of Progress Traveling Photo Booth will be installed for the first time and unveiled to the public at the California State Fair in Sacramento on Labor Day Weekend. We are arranging and encountering installations for the rest of the tour. Please check back for more details.

We will visit an array of farmers markets, fairs, food coops, small farms, mainstream farming facilities, urban farms, print shops, small museums and libraries, resale shops, open country, abandoned barns and parks that provoke our interest and provide a venue for further creating slow food communities.