Participating Artists Press Agency
Thursday 28th of March 2024 – page 7
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
Rotterdam -
Not in the pocket, but in the bike-basket! Pimping your bike with your personal style, not only hot but also very convenient.
Location: Rotterdam Hoogstraat
Photo taken by Erika Blikman…
Erika Blikman –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Melancholy around Japies Snackbar expressed in newspaper on street
Who has taken Japies place? And, does anyone care?
Maureen Kamphuis 9th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
More and more benches in the city and the railway stations have these ridges that make it impossible or at least very uncomfortable to sleep on.
The ones on this…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Everywhere in the Rotterdam centre you will find surveillance cameras.
'Do these cameras make life more safe ?', is the question our guide Godian asks himself. ‘We see you, we…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Whenever the city planning of Rotterdam reveals some kind of classic harmony (a side street with a charming see-through on a church entrance), the city decides to guide this pitoresque…
Robin van 't Haar –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
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
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
Rotterdam -
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
Rotterdam -
Maybe 20 meters away form the other bench (see the post: No littering, no skating, no hanging around, no sleeping part I)
Did they forget to place the anti-sleeping-thingies, we…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
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
Rotterdam -
Stadhuisplein
Mirrorballs and stage lighting in front of the City Hall.
The streets as a stage, the architecture as a the backdrop? But a backdrop for what?
Maurice Bogaert, April…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
No hanging aroundAt the storeThe PoliceEvery where in the city there are signs telling you what you should (but mostly shouldn’t) do. Some of them are placed by the local…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
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
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
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
Rotterdam -
Are you bored, girlfriend?
[sorry to bother you]…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Hoogstraat
Not that is shows, but apparently this is one of the oldest streets of the city. And for now, Sponge Bob seems to be the only one who is…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
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
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
Rotterdam -
An improvised ‘terrace’ in front of the canteen of the construction workers at the train station.
The only thing missing is some flowers on the table.
Nice that the plastic…
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
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
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
Rotterdam -
‘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