Newsletter #15, December 2009
It's time for Standard Time in Rotterdam
The time was ready on the 27th of November for Standard Time by the German artist Mark Formanek. At 05.00 'o clock on a chilly Friday morning the "digital" wooden clock made out of scaffolding material started to work. During the next 24 hours the time was kept at the building site of Rotterdam Central Station (NL). A crew of punctual "workers M/F" kept the time manually, meticulously changing every minute. The project, which was part of the "bouwplaatsenprogramma" (the "building site program"), highlights the accurate, old fashioned and above all human approach of the comprehension of the concept time. The performance consisted of no less than 4890 actions. At the building site of Rotterdam Central Station the Standard Time performance was filmed non-stop for 24 hours. On this film you can also spot a couple of well-known people from Rotterdam like Jules Deelder and Jack Kerklaan & son. The film is adapted so it can be used as a real time clock! We would love to see this Rotterdam Standard Time clock on the many big screens in Rotterdam. With this "digital"clock by Mark Formanek, Bureau Binnenstad of the City of Rotterdam wanted to inform people in a positive way about the work on the different building sites in Rotterdam. Check YouTube for a glimpse of the clock: http://www.youtube.com/enterthemothership
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Miss Faye Ellen in da House
Since last November, Faye has started at Mothership as project manager. She will paint the town red by being a representative and outspoken Mothership-employee. There is nothing strange to detect about Faye, but she has only for 30% vision: she can see everything, but different. We regard the addition of Faye to our team as a pleasant and positive development in bringing art closer to the public, with 100% dedication.
"I am here"
“Ik ben hier alleen maar een tekst op deze muur die je nu leest” ("I am here only a text on the wall which you are reading now") by Aram Peekel has won the second prize in the poetry competition "Schuttingtaal" in Nieuwegein (NL). The competition had been set up to inspire the inhabitants of Nieuwegein to write about their changing city center. And with success! Quotes taken from the winning poems can be admired on the facades of different buildings in the city center. In cooperation with Projectbureau Binnenstad of the City of Nieuwegein it was made possible to read all the poems on the fence surrounding the building site of the new city hall. Other lines which can be seen on different buildings are “hoor de toekomst fluisteren” ("hear the future whisper") by Jos van Liempdt (first prize) and“Mijn wereld, mijn haven, mijn thuis” ("My world, my harbour, my home") by Elke Bon (third prize).
www.schuttingtaal.net
Lock of Love
S.M. Kurtas
The BLISS girls recently won a contest which was issued by Italian wedding planner Ranata Rakolcai together with the borough of Delfshaven (Rotterdam, NL). The wedding planner noticed that in Rotterdam, or maybe even nowhere in the Netherlands, there aren't any places where you could go to with your sweetheart to declare your love. Unlike in Italy. The romantic Italians believe in eternal love by attaching a small lock to an iron fence, because "true love does not rust". Whether you trow away the key is up to yourself. The design by BLISS will be placed in Delfshaven in early 2010. Please don't use hand cuffs! Check the winning design on Www.aworldofbliss.nl
"Life is too short to drink bad wine"
New Year's Drink, Friday 15 January 2010
Mark it in your diary: Friday 15 January 2010, because just like last year we would like to toast to the new year together with you! You are invited from 18.00 till 21.00 at cafe De Unie at the Mauritsweg 34 in Rotterdam (NL). Afterwards the party will continue with FNNNN, 5 sexy dj's! We are looking forward to seeing you there!
The Mothership team wishes you an energetic 2010!!!
Picture Mothershipteam by Frank Hanswijk
From left to right: Faye Ellen, Mathijs Goorhuis, Natasa Heydra, Monique Benthin, Jeroen Everaert, Jasper Pleune and Joost ten Bruggencate.
Mothership closed
Mothership is closed from 25 December 2009 until 4 January 2010 (so just for a very short while).