Reparatørene kommer!
Year 2024
Participatory Art Project
Art Dissemination
Project management
Visual Identity
The Repairers are Coming! (Reparatørene kommer!) is a participatory art project that explores repair processes as a tool for fostering human interaction and engagement in urban spaces. The project emerged from artistic research conducted in collaboration with an elementary school in Oslo and Oslo Metropolitan University, where discarded materials from the city were collected and transformed into new objects, primarily chairs.
As the project’s creator, I developed it into a participatory experience, allowing children to take part in the transformation process. Through creative workshops, I guided and communicated the project’s artistic concepts to participants. I also crafted visual narratives to promote these ideas and engage diverse audiences throughout the creative process, including developing the project’s visual identity, designing maps, and managing social media. Additionally, I led the project from concept to execution, overseeing participant coordination and workshop facilitation.
Material made with the project's visual identity
2024
List of materials used in the reparation procesess during workshops
Collage. 2024.
The final exhibition presented a selection of these chairs, each having undergone a repair process during workshops. Accompanying the chairs is a map that indicates when and where the materials were found. These found objects are called treasures in the project. These chairs represent not only the children’s exploration of the city and their involvement in the repair process, but also a web of stories, experiences, and interactions connected to the chairs’ previous owners, and the new encounters they will inspire.
Selection of maps used under workshops while exploring the urban space
Collage. 2024.
The project focuses on the situations that arise during the act of repair, using the chairs as a platform to foster dialogue and encourage collaboration among participants. These situations challenge and expand our understanding of public space while also demonstrating how art can play an active role in transforming and enriching these shared environments. Here are some of the chairs that were created during the planning phase of the project, before starting the workshops with the school class in Oslo.
Different chairs made during workshops using discarded materials
Recycled materials. 2024.
The chair of "the King Bert" made by children during workshops
Recycled materials. 2024.
Map showing where and when the treasures used during workshops were found
Collage. 2024.
«How would you look like if you were a chair?»
During the project, the relationship between people and objects, and how these connections influence one another, was explored as an artistic process.
Each participant created their own chair-portrait, enabling them to view themselves and each other from a new perspective. This allowed us to examine how participants perceived themselves and their peers, and how this influenced their interactions and level of involvement in the repair processes.
Self-portraits made by the participants in day 2 of workshops
Collage. 2024.
