︎︎︎ Designer & Visual artist ︎︎︎
RASCAL AT DREAM CITY FESTIVAL
2022 - Tunis, Tunisia
Rascal (tunisian) reuse, use again, (english)
used to describe a mischievous person. From
the old French rescaille, variant of rebut, what
one has rejected.
How to alter the classical uses of an object at
the end of its cycle? How does crossbreeding
varieties of waste from everyday life form a
new language?
Rascal is a laboratory of design and
poetization of waste material.
During two residencies with L’Art Rue,
between 2020 and 2021, the Tunis-based
French architect and designer Thomas
Egoumenides develops an ephemeral
laboratory named Rascal, for the design and
valorization of wasted materials. These
residencies housed in the heart of the medina
of Tunis bring together six, then four young
people – Akram Mahjoubi, Hatem El Fethi,
Raed Gnichi and Youssef Mechichi. They are
initiated to upcycling and design through an
experimental approach based on the
“pedagogy of error”. An empowering
approach where you get to learn by trying,
experimenting and adjusting to your needs.
It is the result of this work that we invite you
to discover and experiment with us.
“ The objective is to act before the recycling
stage. To take advantage of the material and
its existing qualities by trying to modify it a
minimum. What remains is a simple approach
that bears witness to the history of the
materials and objects. ”
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Photo credits : Pol Guillard
