Participating Artists Press Agency
Thursday 25th of April 2024 – page 4
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.
Sunday 11th of April 2010
Rotterdam -
Non-sticky bondage tape. Only sticks to itself. And lovers’ fantasy kit. In the window’s reflection we see an elderly man with a rollator, and the metro.…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Right next to the mess of the railway station building site, the first brand-new skyscrapers welcome you to the city. Offices for insurance companies, banks and a hotel is what…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
How is the public territory organised in Rotterdam? How do the inhabitants of Rotterdam reclaim the space. Which owners can we detect? As we saw in responsability and regulation there…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
The Social Democratic Party (PVDA) proudly presents their achieved politics in the neighbourhood. On the picture one can see a sticker attached to the entrance of a store front in…
Robin van 't Haar –
Rotterdam Lab
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
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
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
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
Public gardens are a resident’s initiative. In this public garden they also grow vegetables. The names of each vegetable is written on cards and put in the ground next to…
Erika Blikman –
Rotterdam Lab
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
Kennel for breeding french bulldogs. Home workers.
Lino Hellings the 19th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the Netherlands people appropriate public spaces at least one or two times a year: at April 30 during Queen’s Day and when the National Football team participates in a…
Robin van 't Haar –
Rotterdam Lab
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
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
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
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