The number of artists involved in the projects subvert the conventional identification of artists as a small number of inspired' individuals. Fat aims to invest architecture with a critical agenda which draws on current conceptual tendencies in fine art as well as contemporary architectural practice and theory. Through a critical analysis of architectural representation, ideology and iconography, the work of Fat raises relevant cultural questions about the current limits of architecture and the means of its production. Recent built projects have explored the contemporary possibilities of architecture with respect to both programme and expression. Both the Edinburgh and Venice international festivals were chosen as established prestigious events that guaranteed FAT's challenge to conventional cultural ideology would come to the attention of a large, international and diverse audience, including the media.
Outpost consists of a massive collectable exhibition of artworks.
Those taking part in the project each produce one hundred business-card sized artworks, together with a corresponding number of signature cards. These artworks are then dispensed, free of charge, from gravity loaded dispensers in diverse locations around the city. The viewer then compiles his or her own exhibition by retrieving the cards from the venues and, if desired, the corresponding signature card from the Outpost sales desk. The cards can be collated in the Outpost collectors album. There are 82 still and movie photographers known to have been in Dealey Plaza during the assassination.