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  1. Mapped: Pig and Poultry Farming in Northern Ireland
  2. Europe’s New Meat Tycoons
  3. 42,000 Chickens Exhibition
  4. Urban Nature Map Bristol
  5. Ammonia Maps
  6. Muck Maps
  7. River Wye Lawsuit
  8. Toxic Trade-Off
  9. Stink or Swim
  10. Unavoidable Impact
  11. Chicken Shit/Cachu Iar
  12. More Room to Perch and Play?


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  1. Who Owns Dartmoor?
  2. Nitazenes Investigation


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42,000 Chickens Live in Here Exhibition



  • Description:

42,000 Chickens Live in Here was an interactive exhibition of two meat chicken factory farms for St Anne’s House in Bristol. Two 1:32 architectural models revealed the scale of intensive farming, showing the number of chickens and waste produced, in a way that is impossible through photographs or traditional reporting. The models were forensically reconstructed from photographs, planning applications and open source information on a real intensive farm.

The exhibition provides a nuanced way to present the animal welfare and environmental issues of factory farming, appropriate for children and parents. Play was encouraged, the relaxing and creative sensory experience facilitated deeper learning and discussions around the meat industry and food systems. The chickens were represented by soybeans, the same ingredient in their feed in factory farms. Video below.

The model is flat-pack, able to be transported by car, and is available for non-profit or campaigning organisations to hire. Please contact info@mtrlty.org


Research Outputs:

 Interactive and portable architectural models of factory farms, forensically reconstructed through supply chain research to make an accurate and comprehensible representation of factory farming.
Exhibited at St Anne’s House Bristol.

Credits:

 Materiality research and development project.
 



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