The Digital Hub launches Programme to Explore Dublin 8 Area

The Digital Hub is set to host a unique creative ecologies project focusing on environmental sustainability, curated by current Artist-in-Resident Seoidín O’Sullivan. The Radicle Lab will bring local communities, artists and researchers together to connect, celebrate and develop ecologically sustainable projects in the surrounding Dublin 8 area.

This Creative Laboratory will run until Friday, June 10th at iD8 Studio at The Gatelodge on The Digital Hub campus, in Dublin’s Liberties.

The Radicle Lab

The Radicle Lab will bring local communities, artists and academic researchers into a shared, open space where sustainable ideas can evolve and grow to create an impact on the Dublin 8 area. It is also hoped the Lab will drive conversations around the next phase of Dublin 8’s development.

The Lab will host community ecology projects from the Dublin 8 area through a series of lunchtime excursions, including visits to the Bridgefoot Street Park and a walk and talk session along the Camac River and Turvey Park.

Additionally, daily workshops will be held including the It’s always about the Land, a discussion with Pallas Studios on high studio rents for artists, and the Social Justice Greening toolkit workshop, delivered by BCNUEJ (Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability). These will intertwine the topics of socio-ecologies, contemporary critical ecological art practices and the rights of nature.

The Digital Hub

Commenting on the Radicle Lab, Fiach Mac Conghail, CEO of The Digital Hub said:

“The work that Seoidín has committed to during her time as The Digital Hub’s Artist-in-Resident has been exceptional, and I am pleased to see the launch of the Radicle LAB project as part of that. Dublin 8’s ecology is central to its identity and future development, and how this development can be achieved sustainably.”

Seoidín O’Sullivan, Artist-in-Resident at The Digital Hub said:

“The Radicle Lab is timely, as it not only focuses on the work of previous urban ecological projects around Dublin but also on what we can do as a community to imagine and create just ecological futures in the area. I’m grateful to The Digital Hub for facilitating the events that will be taking place over the two weeks and thankful for the speakers contributing to the Radicle Lab. I look forward to discussing ideas on ecological projects in the Dublin 8 area with artists, researchers and the local community.”

During her Artist-in-Residency programme, Seoidín has taken part in multiple research projects including a continuation of Mapping Green Dublin with Common Ground and UCD Geography, Urban Grit with the Robert Emmet Community Development Project and geographer Alma Clavin and the Emotional mapping of the Camac River alongside geographer Ronan Foley. The Radicle LAB project offers an insight into these research developments and provides a space for open discussions on future ecologically creative sustainable projects among the local community.