‘The Big Wash Up’ is a community based participative arts project and collaboration between Cork Community Art Link and French company Artitillerie Travaux Publics from Nantes, France supported by the Firkin Crane, St Mary’s Road Library and the Northside Folklore Project. The project aims to initiate social dialogue based on local memory and reflection, enable participation in the making of local culture and produce a pertinent temporary in situ work of art. The Big Wash Up is part of CCAL’s What if public space exploration programme. See www.whatif.ie and www.artitillerie.fr