“Rotterdam Lab”

PAPA Lab Rotterdam took place from the 5 th till the 24th of April 2010. Director Lino Hellings. Participating artists are: Nies Medema, Erika Blikman, Jan Konings, Maurice Bogaert, Robin van ‘t Haar and Martijn Nieuwenhuis.

working / waiting

Rotterdam -  Working means waiting a lot of times.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

working / waiting

Rotterdam -  Working means waiting a lot of times.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

working

Rotterdam -  Four road workers in Rotterdam.…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

What are you thinking?

Rotterdam -  Are you bored, girlfriend? [sorry to bother you]…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

Twinkle

Rotterdam -  Education store Crooswijk, called Twinkle in your eye. You don’t have to do parenting alone. Twinkeltje is a place where parents and educators can go with questions about the…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

This is a surveillance camera.

Rotterdam -  Who is watching all these movies? Apparently the camera suggests to be 360 degrees. It is not. It is known only a percentage of the cameras work. Strange idea the…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

slum

Rotterdam -  Everytime I enter Rotterdam by train I have to think of a Portuguese friend who -fresh from Schiphol- saw these cottages. She was shocked that in a prosperous country as…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Sex sells II

Rotterdam -  Ugs are part of Rotterdam’s city uniform for women with petite legs. This informal dresscode is not for women with muscular calves. For them there are other elegant variants. Oh…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

work/leisure 2

Rotterdam -  DRESS CODE: DECENT it says at the bottom. Makes me wonder what that means. And to whom the dress code applies.…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

What a waste...

Rotterdam -  There are many signs in the city that are a bit peculiar, like the one on this bin. I would describe the sign as a ‘do not walk here’ sign…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

TOS

Rotterdam -  TOS  (at) Home On the Street (HOS in English). TOS takes care of the social climate in the public space in several Dutch cities. By organising activities for inhabitants…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

the stage

Rotterdam -  Because of the blocks of flats in front of this one are demolished, we can look at the back of this condo. Normally it wasn’t as open as it is…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Sleeping late on sunday

Rotterdam -  This man is tired. After having a light supper at the church for the homeless, he crashes on the first bench he lays eyes on. He yells something in a…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

work/leisure 1

Rotterdam -  A trompe l'oie at the entrance of a strip bar / peepshow. At first glance I was triggered by the image of a girl with blue nail polish behind a…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Walk the Dog

Rotterdam -  Rule one: no obligation to clear out the shit Rule two: Keep the dogs on the string. The little logo on the left around the dogshit says 'legally deposited'…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

to wait

Rotterdam -  Around this area most people are shopping. But these men choose to sit, to focus on other actions like making a call, texting and reading the newspaper. While their girlfriend…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

The former milkman?

Rotterdam -  …
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Sitting room

Rotterdam -  Mother and daughter sitting and eating chips. It is very Dutch it is to eat chips with mayonnaise on the street. On the market square there is a stall:…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Wild bike parking

Rotterdam -  Bike placed in forbidden area creates question around who or what should occupy space in Rotterdam. Which item has more power: the warning post or the bike? Maureen Kamphuis, the…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Visible / non-visible

Rotterdam -  This says: ‘All our articles are visibly and non-visibly marked for theft.’ But all you see is a empty shops without any articles at all.…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

to rest

Rotterdam -  Statues are popular places to sit on. These Roteb’ guys found the statue ‘Resurrected Rotterdam’ a perfect spot to have a break. The statue visualizes a woman with a child…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Sunny garbage

Rotterdam -  This sack of garbage is enjoying the sun on the canal in the centre of Rotterdam. It’s got its mind made up: ‘I will not go down!’…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

Sign-obsessed-society

Rotterdam -  This sign, on the front door of a school, says ‘We're working on a school without accidents'. Of course you are. Another example of our say-nothing-sign-obsessed-society. …
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab