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A collaborative urban research project working at the intersection of art, architecture & ecology. Open regularly for workshops & projects.
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Join us on Saturday 7th November from 12:00-2:00pm for a Yard Sale šæš©š¼āš¾š
All free to take - to a good home, especially community gardens!
Details of what is available in the second slide, for more information feel free to contact Maebh
29 Oct 2026
Join Maebh @ccpartnership this Sunday from 11am to 2pm, as we work towards packing up our community garden. ššæš©š¼āš¾
Refreshments provided.
21 Oct 2026
Ailbhe & Darren were delighted to host the Cork leg of the Making Neighbourhoods tour yesterday, published by Workhouse Union Press and co-edited with Self Organised Architecture and Cloughjordan Co-Housing.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this lunchtime conversation. Due to the weather, we moved the event indoors. As always, we were delighted to collaborate with our neighbours at plugd records.
The book captures a snapshot of neighbourhood making across Ireland and to reflect the broader mycelium of initiatives, Richael Connolly introduced the cooperative entrepreneurial story of the My Goodness Nighttime Coop to the conversation.
The book holds stories of care, creative placemaking and community wealth in neighbourhoods. Each chapter captures stories from Reimagining Elderhood, Nimble Spaces, Galway Community Cafe, Cork Community Land Trust, TEST SITE, Cork Traveller Womenās Network, Town Ecologies, Robert Emmett CPD and initiatives in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Callan and Cork city.
The book finishes with a contribution from the Stove Network from Dumfries in Scotland which offers hope, inspiration and confidence to continue to creatively nurture our care-filled neighbourhoods across Ireland.
The Making Neighbourhoods project is funded by @artscouncilireland and @kilkennyleader .
03 Oct 2026
You are invited to join us for the Autumn book tour of Making Neighbourhoods.
1 - 2 pm, Friday 02 October, TEST SITE, Kyrlās Quay, Cork
A convivial conversation and lunch refreshments. All welcome, no booking required.
Making Neighbourhood charts a story of creative placemaking and neighbourhood making in Ireland, structured through four chapters: care for the future, making as care, care for place, and tools for care.
The book tour conversation will include Ailbhe Cunningham (TEST SITE), Eve Olney (Cork Community Land Trust), and Brigid Carmody (Cork Traveller Womenās Network), all of whose Cork projects are highlighted in the book. They will be joined by Rosie Lynch (Workhouse Union), Caroline Crowley and Richael Connolly for a discussion on how Making Neighbourhoods connects to broader initiatives in the city, including the Nighttime Co-op.
Published in 2026 by Workhouse Union Press and co-edited with SOA (Self-Organised Architecture) and Cloughjordan Co-Housing, with funding support from the @artscouncilireland and @kilkennyleader .
29 Sep 2026
āRattling Stonesā the 2nd instalment of āSub-liminalā a 5 part audio/visual series Iāve been working on with film artist @greyeggzandham and sound recordist @micheal___k_ is here!
Sub-liminalā is a documentation (using filming and field recording) of 5 songs from my new album (out 9/10/26 via @moot_tapes preorder link in bio) being played over a portable speaker in āliminalā places which inspired the musicsā creation.Ā
Each video features a speaker in an outdoor setting which I regard as a liminal space. The song will play over the speaker and the videos document this act as well as visually mapping the environment the speaker finds itself in. The sound of the music playing out of the speaker and the locationās environmental sounds are captured by field-recording.Ā
The project draws on the Irish mythological concept of liminality, traditionally an in-betweenness between realms. The settings share a sense of limbo, unease and ambiguity posing questions about the housing crisis, notions of progress, the environment and our mythology.
āRattling Stonesā is an emotional yearning for change. An inter-dimensional dreaming drawing a parallel between the overlooking of entire generations affected by the housing crisis and the neglected landscape of an important Irish mythological site. Featuring Ćtha Ferdia: The mythological site from The TĆ”in where friends/enemies CĆŗ Chulainn and Ferdia did battle, the heron as a symbol of transformation and a ritualistic meeting of fire and water in a river.Ā
Full video link in bio
NEXT WEEK the series will be exclusively screened in full followed by Q+Aās:
Wed 9th Sept, @testscreen Limerick
Thur 10th Sept, @roeriverbooks.ie Dundalk
Fri 11th Sept, @testsiteproject Cork
Hope to see you there
More to follow
Supported by Louth County Councilās Art Office @lccartsoffice
03 Sep 2026
Final pictures of the Collaborative mural for @testsiteproject Community Garden and @soilsaverscork by Kyrlās Quay š
A collaborative project where many hands got involved painting, planning and sharing their ideas for this final design Bridging Community in the center of Cork City š
This mural was funded by @testsiteproject and @ccpartnership
03 Sep 2026
So excited to present my new audio/visual series āSub-liminalā in full at @testsiteproject Cork Fri 11th Sept 7pm ā¬5 on the door
Sub-liminalā is a documentation (using filming and field recording) of 5 songs from my new album (out 9/10/26 via @moot_tapes preorder in bio) being played over a portable speaker in āliminalā places which inspired the musicsā creation.Ā
The project draws on the Irish mythological concept of liminality, traditionally an in-betweenness between realms. The settings share a sense of limbo, unease and ambiguity posing questions about the housing crisis, notions of progress, the environment and our mythology. The settings include; A derelict site, Ardee bog, Ćtha Ferdia: The mythological river site from The TĆ”in where CĆŗ Chulainn and Ferdia did battle, The Ardee ālink roadā (N33), Bathtubs in fields and The Magic Road.Ā
The full length series culminating in a public live screening at TEST SITE couldnāt be more fitting. Itās a beautifullyĀ suited venue given itās an outdoor space, a derelict space reclaimed for the community, a cultural public space for art, discussion and ecology. An alignment between the liminal spaces which inspired the album and are explored in depth in the series and TEST SITEās activation in Kyrlās Quay post industrial landscape. The audience will be simultaneously immersed in liminal spaces both on and off screen.
After the screening Ailbhe Cunningham @amplespacearchitecture will host a Q+A with artists : @greyeggzandham , @micheal___k_ and myself
Poster by @davidmnnn
Supported by Louth County Councilās Art Office @lccartsoffice
31 Aug 2026
Continuing our reflection on the evolution of TEST SITE series:
How it began
TEST SITE project has its origins in a coming together of people. In January 2020 a small group met to explore ideas of place and ecology during Aoife Desmondās course āArt + Environment (A+E) Makingā.
Through discussion a common interest in the vacant sites was established, and was further refined to focus on the site of Krylās quay and its surrounding areas. Responding to the vacant sites through writing, photography and drawing, a Zine was formulated and circulated at the local Cornmarket street farmerās market.
What appeared vacant at ļ¬rst is in fact a very productive, nature-ļ¬lled place - a wild ecosystem emerged. The buildings, each a remnant of an industrial past, now form a dilapidated backdrop for a wild urban habitat.
After launching the TEST SITE zine, Aoife and Ailbhe decided to approach the site owners, Cork City Council for permission to occupy and transform the āislandā site and make it accessible to the public.
31 Jul 2026
Announcing our Arts & Crafts Swap Shop x Sketch 'n' Chat collab on August 22nd! šØš§µš
If you have spare or unused craft items at home and you want to swap them for something else - or you just want to get outdoors and sketch under the beautiful gazebo at TESTSITE - you're warmly welcome to join us! š„°
Date: Saturday August 22nd
Time: 11-2pm
Location: TESTSITE, Kyrl's Quay, Cork
Swipe for a list of items we are looking for for the swap shop - and registration is on Eventbrite (link in pinned comment!)
31 Jul 2026
Delighted to present āGapā the 1st instalment of āSub-liminalā a 5 part audio/visual series Iāve been working on with filmmaker @greyeggzandham and sound recordist @micheal___k_
Sub-liminalā is a documentation (using filming and field recording) of 5 songs from my new album (forthcoming via @moot_tapes more info soon) being played over a portable speaker in āliminalā places which inspired the musicsā creation
Each video will feature a speaker in an outdoor setting which I regard as a liminal space. The song will play over the speaker and the videos document this act as well as visually mapping the environment the speaker finds itself in. The sound of the music playing out of the speaker and the locationās environmental sounds are captured by field-recording
āGapā is a meditation on the housing crisis and the heartbreaking generational fracture it creates via a re-contextualisation of Irish mythologies most tragic battle scene. Featuring: A derelict site, Ardee Bog and Ćtha Ferdia: the mythological river site from The TĆ”in where friends/enemies CĆŗ Chulainn and Ferdia did battle.
Link in bio
The series will be exclusively screened in full followed by Q+Aās at the following screening events:
Wed 9th Sept, Limerick @testscreen
Thur 10th Sept, Dundalk @roeriverbooks.ie
Fri 11th Sept, Cork @testsiteproject
The project draws on the Irish mythological concept of liminality, traditionally an in-betweenness between realms. The settings share a sense of limbo, unease and ambiguity posing questions about the housing crisis, notions of progress, the environment and our mythology.
Bringing my recorded music, which was conjured from an imaginary realm, into these physical spaces and documenting this was a deeply compelling exploration of a āthin placeā between reality and imagination for me. Iāve been dreaming all this up for the past 2.5 years so finally seeing it come to life has been so deeply thrilling. Im so excited to finally be sharing. Huge thanks to the screening venues for facilitating
More to follow
Supported by Louth County Councilās Art Office @lccartsoffice
31 Jul 2026
Bridging Community šš¾š
šø Some more pictures of this collaborative mural for @testsiteproject @soilsaverscork, with the support of @ccpartnership
Thanks to everyone who stoped by to leave their brush mark painting in their own languages: Come in, you are welcomeā£ļø
29 Jul 2026
Some recent workshop pieces š„āØ
@openwallscork @testsiteproject
23 Jul 2026
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