(Waste) Fibre Flows Laboratory

(Waste) Fibre Flows Laboratory is an experimental space to process materials and ideas for new ways of thinking about our complex relationship with waste material. The laboratory was devised as a collaborative andinter disciplinary space where policy, philosophy, speculative design and hands-on material processes meet.

The first public performative action took place in Cork City Council Chamber in City Hall in November 2022 with textile artists Helen O Shea and Caroline Smith, and urban theorist Roy Wroth to explore the resource potential of textile waste as a case study and starting point for conversation and exchange with invited local policymakers, environmentalists and community representatives.

WFFL was created by Colette Lewis as part of an Artist Placement with The KinShip Project, a durational public artwork located in a remediated landfill site and now public park Tramore Valley Park led by artists LennonTaylor in partnership with Cork City Council and funded by Creative Ireland Climate Action Award.