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Are compostable cups and lids really compostable? 🌱 We put them to the test—here’s what we found!

🎥 Watch now : https://youtu.be/cBdizwWUbmI

How Compostable Are These Cups & Lids? Set Up and Research

This year, we’re excited to share insights from our past events since 2020. Each month, we’ll add new articles to our website, reflecting on key learnings and experiences.

Explore our latest posts here: https://tardigrade.world/research-articles

Our first article, “How to Select the Right Location for Public Space Creative Activities,” dives into the strategic considerations behind venue selection—navigating power dynamics, aligning goals, and creating meaningful audience experiences. It also looks at how traditional art settings can inform new, more flexible environments. Written with the help of AI, this piece is part of our evolving series, and we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Check it out and share your feedback!

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We at Tardigrade World are thrilled to share insights from our 'Object Reborn Series' workshop! 🌱

Designed and run by our team— Hoi Ping Tsang, Hikaru Good, and Mongoose Chen—we invited community members to explore and create unique pieces of art. Participants transformed waste into striking artworks under our guidance, embodying sustainability and creativity.

We shared our developments with over 800 people online and engaged with over 90 participants at Mt Albert Library.

Special thanks to Waiuku Zero Waste for providing materials, Exchange for their support with tools, Mt Albert Library for offering the space, and Auckland Council Albert-Eden Local Board for funding the workshop. Your support made this possible!

You can find the research and impact report for the workshop on our website: https://tardigrade.world/object-reborn

What are your thoughts on transforming waste into art? We'd love to hear your ideas!

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"Most historical participatory art (thinking from the avant-gardes to the present) has been staged within the confines of an art environment, be it a gallery, museum, or event to which visitors arrive predis- posed to have an art experience or already belonging to a set of values and interests that connect them to art."

--Helguera Pablo

Starring upcycled couch handmade from op shop trousers and rescued cotton.

Rubbish Making Workshop held at .toitu on 15 Feb 2020. Held by sculptural and installation artist .

Inviting the community to engage and create with hangarua materials, this workshop provides a space for participants to explore our relationship with the offcuts of our everyday landscape.

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Quotes "Education for Socially Engaged Art: A Materials and Techniques Handbook" by Pablo Helguera

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Tardigrade World participates in .gallery Archive Residency 2020 from 9th February to 20th March.

TW aims to explore theoretical frameworks of socially engaged art to better understand and facilitate practices that serves as critical reflection and creative experimentation for social change.

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