Josephine van Schendel (1996) is a circularity researcher from Amsterdam. She studied graphic design at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and Environmental Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She currently works as a sustainability specialist on large-scale civil engineering projects, while exploring circularity through her self-initiated project Reparatie Remise.
During her residency, Josephine will deepen her research into repair, guided by the simple question: how can we relate differently to the objects around us that we consider to be at the end of their life? Her research takes both a practical and theoretical approach. Theoretically, she will investigate the historical, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of repair, laying the foundations for a handbook on repair.
Practically, repair will be further explored through a series of public events at Tetterode, bringing together artists and the wider public. In August, two Reparatie Remise workshops focus on food waste and colouring textiles with natural ingredients. During Tetterode’s 45th birthday weekend, a Mess-Positive Studio event looks at the remodelling of clothes together with Tetterode resident and artist BEA1991. A clothes swap and repair shop will also take place that day. At the end of October, a regenerative pop-up dinner brings the residency to a close, exploring collective practices around regrowth and food.
