Cabbage and Kraut
Cabbage and Kraut
Cabbage & Kraut
Cabbage & Kraut is a sporadic creative collaboration between long-time friends Maria Canavan and Sarah Quinn based in Dublin, that sprang to life in 2022 with a pop-up exhibition. Since then, the duo have taken part in artistic exchanges and a hybrid art project exploring Dublin’s lost cultural spaces.Maria is a creative producer who also works in art conservation on paintings from the 14th century to modern times, with Cabbage and Kraut she’s tapping into the spontaneity and fun of her past as a street artist. Sarah is a creative producer, and corporate social sustainability professional with projects ranging from site-specific performances, to global community engagement initiatives. Cabbage & Kraut is continuing in the same vein as all her favourite projects: following a spontaneous creative impulse to an unknown fermentation. Sarah and Maria share a love for community spaces, food and a concern for the future of our Irish Food systems. Their experience in the cultural sector has cultivated a fascination with the power of culture to both connect and exclude people. Harnessing that power to connect, Cabbage & Kraut brings an inclusive, playful outlook to their work that invites audiences to engage with serious issues through an accessible, creative lens.
Project Details
After years of demolition and regeneration, Ballymun has found itself a Lidl away from being classed as a food desert. With no shopping centre, no restaurants and no pub, locals face challenges to find spaces to shop, socialise and eat together. Undaunted by systemic failures, Ballymun locals have taken matters into their own hands, building grassroots communities producing, making and sharing food in innovative, sustainable ways that can show Dublin the way forward.
With their Ballymun is Brilliant project, Cabbage & Kraut aimed to celebrate the Ballymun that locals are creating for themselves. They explored the grassroots, greenthumbs and wonderful fruits of labour and co-create a discovery trail. Throwing the spotlight on the green growth that has found its way through the concrete cracks and established roots in the community.
They engaged with local groups through research, workshops and events. Throughout the process they led a foraging trip on the site of the old shopping centre, created food and drinks with the plants they found, and shared them with the community in their amazing ‘Ballymunch’ pop up stall. They even made some seats out of old shopping trolleys.
Have a look at the food map they made from their research and chats!