“Lino Hellings”

Lino Hellings is the artistic director of PAPA. She developed PAPA in a residency at Photo Press Agency Drik in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and in working with local photographers (with an international status) in PAPA-Labs in Lagos (Nigeria), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Bishkek (Kyrgystan). 

This house is not for sale.

Lagos -  You can read this on several houses in our street. It tells the story of a deceased person with many children who cannot agree on the legacy. To prefend one…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

They take our water

Ramallah -  Israel is the one who is controlling and distributing the water in Palestine, from Palestine. On the roof of all buildings you see the black water containers. Some houses get…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

They take our taxes

Ramallah -  Out of this money machine you get Israeli shekels because that is the official currency here. That puts Israel in a position to control the economy here as they give…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

The Tarwewijk.

Rotterdam -  The Tarwewijk from the Art Hotel where I checked in for two days. In old days the men of the Tarwewijk worked in the harbour, which you see here on…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The key

Ramallah -  It has been mentioned in other posts as well but THE KEY in omnipresent. It symbolizes the ownership of houses in Israeli territory where people from the Palestine territory have…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

The future locally

Bishkek -  In a livingroom of one of the Soviet flatbuildings I found this internetshop. The owner doesn\’t speak English. This boy does so he is arranging a computer and helping me…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

The first P.A.P.A. exhibition

Lagos -  Ten big prints on bamboo structures. About hundred pictures put together as a collage illustrating the patterns in the news we have found and two posters with drawn mindmaps made…
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

The art of begging 1

Dhaka -  Although the distinction is sometimes negligible, there are also traders who have something that actually resembles merchandise: children with nets of lemons, towels or bags of popcorn. When I…
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The workers

Rotterdam -  When I arrive in the Tarwewijk early in the morning I see groups of dark hooded men standing in the cold under the flyover from the metro station Maashaven. They…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The Streetfactory

Rotterdam -  Who are we?De boys of De Straatfabriek explain:Bebito:This is THE way to keep me of the street. I do learn a lot as well, like wood…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The importance of public life

Ramallah -  To live under circumstances like this, were you are locked up in little pieces of land, the quality of public space is of vital importance. Is it well maintained at…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

The Future globally

Bishkek -  The Loft is an industrial building that is recently opened as an art gallery. It also hosts creative industries. Together with Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Jumaliev (ArtEast) we visit some…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

The bosses

Rotterdam -  Six o'clock in the morning the pub next to the Metro station is serving coffee for the ‘bosses’ I think. In the cold night minivans and cars arrive to pick…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

Taxi drivers chess room

Bishkek -  On almost every street corner you can see taxi drivers playing chess or backgammon. Sometimes on improvised furniture, like here. Sometimes just squatting in a circle on the side of…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

The whistle.

Sao Paulo -  From these little shelter you can protect middle class houses. A water container to wash yourself outside and a brown container with drinking water inside. TV with a satellite receiver…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

The Streetfactory

Rotterdam -  New wood has arrived. The Streetfactory works with used wood. This is scaffolding wood. They do use pallet wood as well. The furniture they make does look good and is…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The Harbour

Rotterdam -  The Tarwewijk Rotterdam. Harbourfront with scrap metal. Depot for trader in king size chains and anchors. Lino Hellings 1th of November 2010 The Tarwewijk translated is the…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The freedom of the dog

Bishkek -  The soundscape of Bishkek is very rural despite the fact that it is a real city that does have traffic jams at rush hours. What I hear in the night…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

The Bishop

Sao Paulo -  Sergio, or the bishop as his friends call him, educates himself reading the magazines he finds in people’s rubbish while sorting the recyclable waste. Sergio is happy here with…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

The three phases

Dhaka -  A few things I feel changed since I visited Dhaka in 2008. One of them is the amount of women covering their faces has increased. Here you see the three…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

The nightshop

Rotterdam -  The Dordtse Lane counts numerous small and bigger foodstores and restaurants. This shop is open all night. Unfortunately the owner was shot three weeks ago by a customer he chased…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

The good life

Dhaka -  You do not see many scooters in the streets of Dhaka. Not a bad item to start importing here to beat the traffic jam. It also disguises you from the…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

The flower man

Lagos -  Some plants and a notice on a piece of plywood. This way you can open up several shops and businesses at the same time. …
Lino Hellings – Lagos Lab

The art of begging 2

Dhaka -  Within a fraction of a second they resume their professional doleful posturing.  …
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