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SIX LABS, SIX TERRITORIES, ONE QUESTION: WHAT DOES REGENERATIVE PRODUCTION LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE? WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, CRAFT KNOWLEDGE AND MATERIALS. OPEN CALL COMING SOON.
The Venetian Lagoon is a living meeting point of river and sea, made of mudflats, salt marshes and more than 30 islands. Isolation taught each island to make the most of its resources, from Murano glass and Burano lace to gondola building, terrazzo and lagoon farming.
ADRESSING A SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE
Every year, festivals and biennales build and discard whole worlds in weeks, while the lagoon loses marshes and craft workshops lose their space. The Lab asks how the materials, skills and resources of short lived events can create lasting value for the lagoon, its makers and its ecosystems.
Designers, craftspeople, scientists and lagoon communities will turn industrial and event leftovers, like glass slag, dredged sediment and old timber piles, into new materials and prototypes. Designs that help marshes recover and give local craft knowledge a future in the city.
