Wasted Potential

“Wasted Potential” opens our minds to the untapped potential of our food waste and asks: “how can edible food be rescued from our waste stream and feed those in need”. To create the pigments in this work, Renée sifted through the compost waste stream to find reusable resources for dyeing. This process driven action of utilizing recovered food waste to dye yarn, grounds the project in what NYC’s food waste tonnage data actually looks, smells and feels like up close.

Presented at the Data by Design exhibit in 2021 and 2022 as part of NYC Open Data Week.