“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.

Rotterdam -  Godian, our guide for the day, comes from Nigeria, a vast country with numerous natural resources and a population whose size, despite its poverty, makes it an interesting market…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam -  Look the new heart from Rotterdam is pounding here. This slogan sounds full of excitement but I don’t see it. It is a fantasy that never happens. …
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

A bike, four people and a tree. That fascinates me. You see it dancing through the small space. Forbidden to go there and yet nobody looks up. Everybody is minding…
Erika Blikman – Rotterdam Lab

When arriving at Rotterdam Centraal by metro, one arrives at the top of these stairs. Standing on the stairs one overlooks the site of the station under construction. And the…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Everywhere you look, there are bicycles embracing lanternpoles, bridges and each other. Lino Hellings the 7th of April Rotterdam.…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Everywhere in Europe there are ‘car-free’ shopping streets with the same chain of shops. H and M for clothng, Footlocker for sportshoes, Dixons for your electronic gears. Lino Hellings 9…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rules and regulations at the entrance of the Koopgoot (Shopping Gutter). The designer has observed the differences in choreography between a skateboarder and a roller skater very well. Chapeau! …
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

The guys that work on the road or on constructions sites drink coffee and have lunch in this little van. The clearly angered somebody that loves to spray paint.…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

Another 50ft woman, an angry man and a headless mannequin. …
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

October next year, no pools no puddles. The future is bight and shiny. I wonder if the guy coming down the stairs is wearing a red jacket. I can’t wait…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

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Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

‘Sick and tired of chewing gum in the city. Rotterdam MUST be clean, intact and safe! WHY? BECAUSE!’ says the text on the rubbish bin. The little white dots…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

The yellow temporary sign indicates the street on the right has become a dead-end street. Because of building activities. The little poster says: Hurray! Social destruction! It is a pun…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam, a real workers city. Maurice, April 13 2010…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Standing with my back to the City Hall. Looking at a picture of the City Hall.A blossoming cherry tree, a 50ft woman and a gigantic bird.Artist impression it…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Except for the carpenters and painters it’s really quiet in Kiefhoek. Where did everybody go?…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

This is where you can deposit your chewing gum as well. On the paradise-like billboards full of promises of what the city will look like in a couple of years…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Apparently before Coffee House Monte Carlo opened there used to be another establishment at the Putselaan 8. A place called Frans. I wondered what kind of a place Frans used…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Unintentional New Urban Undefined Space. Lino Hellings the 12 of April Rotterdam Pattern inside/out.…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

A way to store your bicycle in the streets. Most bicycles embrace lanternpoles and/or other bicycles in a touching and affectionate way though. ‘Fietstrommel’ sounds like candy box. On the…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

This sign says that the city of Rotterdam has recently dismantled an illegal cannabis plantation in this apartment. (a profitable way for people with a low income to make extra…
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

It is very Dutch it is to eat chips with mayonnaise on the street. On the market square there is a stall: ‘Bram Ladage, most healthy chips of the Netherlands’…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

The city looks as if it is inside out. …
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab