“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.

Sex sells I

Rotterdam -  In the city I see many heads covered by scarves, but seldom with such tempting red lips! Location: Market Blaak. Photo taken by Erika Blikman on April 6th 201.…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Scootmobiles

Rotterdam -  An elderly couple transport their shopping on electric scootmobiles. These machines are dangerous in traffic but did enlarge the range of the elderly enormously. Lino Hellings the 12th of April…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rules Rotterdam

Rotterdam -  Chaos and order. There are a lot of rules, regulations, advices, guidelines given in the Rotterdam Public space. Will they work or will they encourage the opposite? Are these ways…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdama€™s prediliction for catastrophic histories

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Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: Snackbar

Rotterdam -  Snackbar Hillevliet is closed today (monday). But open the other days. Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-22:00 hours. Sunday 14:00- 22:00. But where is the snackbar? No 113A is a normal house?! Home Work…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: having a break III

Rotterdam -  This place is called ‘Lolletje’; the meaning is similar to joking. My first thought when I look around is that it is a restaurant, but I have no clue what…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: connecting the world

Rotterdam -  Having mint tea at coffee house Oslo. Strange name. Nobody knows why. Oslo is situated at the corner in a residential area. The clock explains what they really do! Location:…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Real Brazilian hair

Rotterdam -  It is hard to tell in which country this picture is taken. This is the shopping street in the Old (Wild) West, where over 90 nationalities share daily life. Only…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rules and regulations: fuck you!

Rotterdam -  I have never seen such a explicit car gadget like this one before. It shocked me somehow. Invitation for violence. Bad taste.…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdama€™s prediliction for catastrophic histories

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Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: self-regulation

Rotterdam -  In a beautiful court called ‘Patrimonium’s Hof’ live three stray cats. Local residents take care of them. They give food, a place to live and a pet over the head…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: having a break I

Rotterdam -  The shop was closed and empty. Everything looks old, except this Korean printer. Standing lonely in the corner. Waiting for work. Location: Rotterdam Bloemhof Photo taken by Erika Blikman April…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: building

Rotterdam -  These containers represent the building mentality in Rotterdam. Where else?! Location: Rotterdam Bloemhof Photo taken by Erika Blikman April 19th 2010.…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Public Territories: skinny jeans

Rotterdam -  I don\’t know how they do it. How they sit, eat and breathe with these jeans. I know people who have to lie down to put them on. They are…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

rules and (self)regulations

Rotterdam -  At first I didn’t notice it, but than I saw it. The brush besides the garbage container. Whether somebody forgot to throw it away, or placed it there. I don’t…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work?

Rotterdam -  Leeuwarden is three hours drive from Rotterdam. Rotterdam at work is what we are looking for this week. Well we see a lot of busses from companies working on the…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: mind the steppes!

Rotterdam -  These car pumps look like steppes. If you walk over the pavement and stumble over them you know that there is a car reparation shop. You could see it as…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: French bulldogs

Rotterdam -  Kennel for breeding french bulldogs. Home workers. Lino Hellings the 19th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Retired man

Rotterdam -  Retired man behind a fence looking at the city under construction. It can be a day job. Full time witnessing transformation. When I am 65 I will move back to…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Rules & regulation: or not?

Rotterdam -  In front of the dumpster you see a daiper. This is one of the daipers I found on the street. Somebody put it there or maybe a dog lost it…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: work and living

Rotterdam -  Economiek? Is that a word, maybe in another language? By the display outside you can see it is a supermarket. And the name suggests there unique selling point is that…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: job application?

Rotterdam -  Some old doors, on it a broken poster. There is a phone number written on the door. I’m curious; maybe I should dial the number. Do they sell or rent…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam at work: foreign workers

Rotterdam -  I see many cars with foreign nameplates. This car has a bumper sticker that says Poland. Location: Rotterdam Bloemhof Photo taken by Erika Blikman April 19th 2010.…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

real/unreal a€“ billboard

Rotterdam -  Even at an intimate place as a public garden the place itself is being advertised on a billboard. ‘Frederikshof, a green oasis in Crooswijk!’ The image on the billboard…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab