Participating Artists Press Agency
Thursday 18th of April 2024 – page 1
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
Rotterdam -
In the Old West of Rotterdam ninety percent of the inhabitants are originally from all different parts of the world. African ladies having great fun sitting on a low rail…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
A colorful love declaration to the city Rotterdam. Probably made by a proud young girl or boy.
Martijn C. Nieuwenhuis the fifth of April, Rotterdam.…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
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
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
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
Rotterdam -
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
Rotterdam -
Education store Crooswijk, called Twinkle in your eye. You don’t have to do parenting alone. Twinkeltje is a place where parents and educators can go with questions about the…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Even more Dutch it is to bring your own lunch in a plastic bag. Probably current buns. Eat it in the street while resting on your ‘rollater’ a four wheel…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Another 50ft woman, an angry man and a headless mannequin. …
Maurice Bogaert –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
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
Rotterdam -
Ugs are part of Rotterdam’s city uniform for women with petite legs. This informal dresscode is not for women with muscular calves. For them there are other elegant variants. Oh…
Erika Blikman –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
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
Rotterdam -
Mother and daughter sitting and eating chips. It is very Dutch it is to eat chips with mayonnaise on the street. On the market square there is a stall:…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
I want to be another city. Manhattan Hotel in front of Rotterdam Central Station…
Robin van 't Haar –
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 -
The OK sign is an initiative by the Foundation for Reporting Violence. The Foundation wants to stimulate citizens to call the police when they witness violence in public space. The…
Robin van 't Haar –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
The man’s posture assumes he is much taller then me. He leans forward to search in a plastic brown box for some old books. Therefore he reveals a brown mole…
Erika Blikman –
Rotterdam Lab
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 -
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
Rotterdam -
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
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 -
An example of a roadside monument, mostly placed alongside roads to memorize victims of traffic incidents. The ritual often memorizes acts of ‘zinloos geweld’ (senseless violence) as well. In this…
Robin van 't Haar –
Rotterdam Lab