IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program
Leah Ireland
Multispecies poetics in the making [Çok türlü poetika], Hofs Lifs, 2021
Fotoğraf: Karl Wilhelm Arvidsson
Fotoğraf: Karl Wilhelm Arvidsson
IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program welcomes Southern Sweden-based designer and eco-social activist Leah Ireland for a research visit between April 8 and 17. During her stay, Ireland will connect with artists, designers, researchers, and collectives in Istanbul engaged in food ecologies and regenerative design practices. The exchange facilitated during this period will contribute to public programs to be led by Ireland at Salt during her second visit in Fall 2025.
Leah Ireland is a Canadian-born designer and eco-social activist who explores the complexities of food ecologies and regenerative practices through site-responsive actions and interventions. She is driven by a deep interest in urban spatial politics, regenerative design, and multispecies modalities. Her design practice has been situated in socially engaged organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Ireland is the founder of FLOW studios and an external lecturer in the Design Department at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden.
IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual and Applied Arts. It is aimed at artists working in the fields of visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, and architecture.
The IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program was initiated in 2024 in collaboration between Salt and IASPIS, with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The 2025 edition is programmed by Eylül Şenses at Salt in collaboration with Aslı Kıyak İngin.
Leah Ireland is a Canadian-born designer and eco-social activist who explores the complexities of food ecologies and regenerative practices through site-responsive actions and interventions. She is driven by a deep interest in urban spatial politics, regenerative design, and multispecies modalities. Her design practice has been situated in socially engaged organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Ireland is the founder of FLOW studios and an external lecturer in the Design Department at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden.
IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual and Applied Arts. It is aimed at artists working in the fields of visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, and architecture.
The IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program was initiated in 2024 in collaboration between Salt and IASPIS, with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The 2025 edition is programmed by Eylül Şenses at Salt in collaboration with Aslı Kıyak İngin.
